SACK
a Pocket. To Dive into his Sack; To pick his Pocket.
a Pocket. To Dive into his Sack; To pick his Pocket.
also signifies to be drunk; As, He bought the Sack; i.e. He got drunk.
the same as Barker.
the Beggar's Sacrament or Oath.
a sorry Wench, or scoundrel Fellow.
a sorry Perriwig.
a thorough-pac'd Alsatian, or Minter; one harden'd, or past Shame.
See Skew.
a Bawdy-house.
To build a large sconce; To run deep upon Tick or Trust.
the Itch.
a sober, soaking Rain.
a Hedge bird or sorry Scab.
to wear. To Scoure the Cramp-rings; To wear Bolts. Also to run away. See Scowre.
to run away or scamper.
Drunkards beating the Watch, breaking Windows, clearing the Streets, &c.
a Reckoning at a Boozing-ken, &c.
s Design, a purpos'd Villainy, a vile Intention; also a perpetrated Roguery: He whiddles the whole Scrap: He discovers all he knows.
a Shred or Scrap of Paper. As, The Cully did freely blot the Scrip, and tipt me 40 Hogs; One enter'd into Bond with me for 40 Shillings.
a Ragamuffin.
the Itch.
to copulate with a Woman.
a Strumper, a common Prostitute.
the Riff-raff, or Tagrag and Longtail.
one that gives Bonds and Judgement for Goods and Money.
as, Let into the Secret; When one is drawn in at Horse-racing, Cock-fighting, Bowling, and other such Sports or Games, and bit.
poor, Money-less, exhausted.
a Bawdy-house; so called from the Great Turk's Palace.
a lousy, vile, sorry Bawdy-house, a meer Dog-hole.
as Dead Set, a Term used by Thief-catchers when they have a Certainty of seizing zome of their Clients, in order to bring them to Justice.
they that draw in Bubbles, for old Gamesters to rook; also a Serjeant's Yeoman, or Bailiff's Follower, or Second. Also an Excise Officer.
to stun, or knock down; as, We settled the Cull by a Stoter on his Nob; i.e. We took him such a Blow on the Head, as quite stunn'd him.
in poor sorry Rigging.
a Ragamuffin.
sneak'd, or fled away.
a poor shabby Fellow.
a Cheat, or Trick. To Cut a Sham; To play a Rogue's Trick.
one that goes wide, and shuffles his Feet about. Shake your Shambles; Haste, be gone.
for Chappeau, F. a Hat.
a Cheat, one that lives by his Wits.
false Dice.
A cunning Shaver; A subtle, smart Fellow. He shaves close; He gripes, squeezes, or extorts very severely.
the Chippings of Money.
a Woman Thief-catcher; also a Hen-bawd, or Procuress; a Debaucher of young Virgins; a Maiden head-jobber.
a Prison.
one that Steals under pretence of cheap'ning.
imprison'd.
as, To pay one's Shot; To pay one's Club or Proportion.
Clapt or Pox'd.
a Serjeant or Bailiff.
a Partner to a File.
a Taylor.
a slippery, shifting Fellow.
a Shark or Sharper.
Six-pence.
to knock him down, so as to stun him: To lay him down for dead. See the Cull is Silent, is also us'd by desperate Villains, for cutting the Throat, or shooting the unhappy Person who falls in their way.
a Set of Varlets, who snatch Hoods, Scarves, Handkerchiefs, or any Thing they can come at.
a Fool.
Six-pence.
a very foolish, silly Fellow.
the Country-Vicar or Parson.
one that treats every Body, and pays the Reckonings every where.
a Beggar's wooden Dish.
a griping, sharping, close-fisted Fellow.
that fills the Glass or Cup. Who Skinks? Who pours out the Liquor.
Yougsters that ride Horses for Sale.
a Barn.
Paper.
a Trick; also also a Game intirely lost, without getting one on that Side.
a Sheet.
a half Crown; also the same as Slot.
without Shop, Warehouse or Cellar, only for a private Family.
See Zlouch.
a slovenly, dirty, nasty Fellow.
a Cheat at Dice; also a slight Scandal or Affront.
a seeming silly, but subtle Fellow.
a Coachman.
to quell, to beat or abuse violently; to kill.
to smite, to kick down Stairs. The Chubs tout the Blosses, they smash them, and make them brush; The Sharpers catch their Mistress at the Tavern, making merry without them, kick them down Stairs, and force them to rub off.
a Painter, or Plaisterer, &c.
a Nose.
a Nose-gay; also an Orchard or Garden.
Half-Guineas.
an Arm.
to suspect or smell a Design. It is smok'd It is made Publick, all have Notice.
a Tobacconist.
Jealous, as, He is a smoky Cull; He is a suspicious Fellow.
a Blacksmith.
a Bawdy-house.
Bawdy.
Share or Part. To go snacks. To go halves, or Share and Share alike.
to rifle, to strip, or plunder. To Snabble a Poll, to run away with a Peruke or Head-dress.
to steal, to rob, to purloin. A snaffler of Prancers; a Horse-Stealer. Snuffle, is also a Highwayman that has got a Booty.
taken, caught.
He goes upon the Sneak at Darkmans, He privately gets into Houses or Shops at Night and Steals undiscovered.
one that robs alone, and deals chiefly in petty Larcenies.
to cut.
to eye or see any Body. The Cull snilches; the Man eyes or sees you.
a Cheat; T snip, to cheat.
a Filip on the Nose.
to wipe, or flap. Snite his Snitch; wipe his Nose, or give him a good Flap on the Face.
a Hogshead.
Snow-water.
one that lurks under a Bed, to watch an Opportunity to rob the House.
All's snug; All's quiet, used by Villains, when every thing is silent and they hear no body stir to oppose their intended Rogueries.
a Pocket. Not a Rag in my Sock; I han't a Farthing in my Pocket. Also beat; I'll Sock ye; I'll drub ye tightly.
demanded and spent upon Marriage.
a large one.
the Mass.
a Scholar.
a Soldier.
a Lover of Women.
a Wit. Also a Thief.
a Lawyer.
a Parson.
one that loves Brandy.
a counterfeit Sore or Wound in the left Arm.
Not a Souse; not a Penny. From Sous, French Money.
to fall upon, to beat cruelly; also to plunder or kill.
a strong distill'd Liquor, so called by the Inhabitants and Clients of Newgate, &c.
Geneva.
a Pig.
a Fool.
a Female Child.
to beat violently, &c. As, Sowr the Cull; i. e. knock him down: Beat him without Mercy, &c.
Ends of Gold or Silver.
the Pox.
fair Words and Compliments.
Money, Gold or Silver.
to steal.
a coloured Handkerchief.
the same asKidnap.
a Parson.
a Grocer.
a Lawyer.
to draw a Person in to be bit. To spring Partridges; to raise a Crowd in order to rob or pick Pockets.
to drink at others Cost.
a By-prison.
one tat lives upon the rest, and pays nothing.
a very fat, truss Person; a new-hatch'd Chick; also a Couch.
a Voice; as, The Cove has a bien Squawl; The Fellow has a good Voice.
to discover, or impeach; also to cry out. They squeek Beef upon us; They cry out Highway-men or Thieves after us. The Cull squeeks; The Rogue peaches.
a Barboy; also a Bastard, or any other Child. Stifle the Squueker; Murder the Child, and throw it into a House of Office.
being bound for any Body; also sealing of Writings.
one that squints very much.
a Man of Fortune, drawn in, cheated, and ruin'd by a Pack of poor, lowsy, spunging Fellows, that lived (formerly) in White-Fryars. The Squire, a Sir Timothy Treat-all; also a Sap-Pate. A fat Squire; A rich Fool.
foolish; also one that pretends to pay all Reckonings, and is not strong enough in the Pocket.
a Term (inverting Qualities) used for an Enemy, a Pursuer; as, I spy a Stag, used by that notorious young Robber Shepherd, lately executed, when he first saw the Turnkey of Newgate, who pursu'd and took him after his first Escape from the Condemn'd Hold.
old, dull.
at her last Prayers.
a Whore-Master; so called from a Stone-horse kept to cover Mares.
a Bastard.
making or ordaining.
a Broker's Shop, or any House that receives stollen Goods.
to Cant; as, The Cully Stamfleshes rumly; He cants very well.
a brawny, lusty, strapping Wench.
Legs.
Shoes; also Carriers.
a Question; also a Flincher. I am no Starter; I shan't flinch, or cry to go home.
a Pair of Gloves.
humming, strong Liquor.
very strong Ale.
Stockings.
quite dead.
a Prison.
as, I have stopt his Blubber; I have stopt his Mouth.
the Nick-name of the chief Rendezvous of the Canting Crew of Gypsies, Cheats, Thieves, &c.
a great Blow. Stoter him, or, Tip him a Stoter; Settle him; give him a swinging Blow.
i.e. You have said enough. Stow you, bene Cove; Hold your Peace, good Fellow. Stow your Whids and plant them; for the Cove of the Ken can cant them; Take care what you say; for the Man of the House understands you.
lying with a Wench.
a swinging two-handed Woman.
hanging. He will stretch for it; He will be hang'd.
to tell a Lye; as, He stretcht hard; He told a whicking Lye.
to beg or rob; also to borrow Money. Strike all the Cheats; Rob all that you meet. Strike the Cull; Beg of that Gentleman. Strike the Cloy; Get the Fellow's Money from him. He has struck the Quidds; He has got the Money from him. He strikes every Body; He borrows Money every where; he runs in every one's Debt.
to rob or gut a House, to unrig any Body; or to bite them of their Money.
To gut the House.
To win all the Money on the Place. We have stript the Cull; We have got all the Fool's Money. The Cove's stript; The Rogue has not a Jack left to help himself.
Strap, or Hair, as, She hath good Store of Strommel on her Nob.
Vagabonds, Itinerants, Men of no settled Abode, of a precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune, such as Gypsies, Beggars, Pedlars, Hawkers, Mountebanks, Fidlers, Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Jugglers, Tumblers, Shewers of Tricks, and Raree-show-men.
who, pretending to be Widows, often travel the Countries, making Laces upon Yews, Beggar's-tape, &c. Are light-finger'd, subtle, hypocritical, cruel, and often dangerous to meet, especially when a Ruffler is with them.
a Ferriwig. Rum-strum; A long Wig. Also a handsome Wench, or Strumpet.
Hold your Tongue.
the same as Stalling Ken. Which see.
Wine or strong Drink. This is rum Suck; It is excellent Tipple. We'll go and Suck our Faces; but if they toute us, we'll take Rattle, and brush; Let's go to drink and be merry; but if we be smelt by the People of the House, we must scowre off. He loves to Suck his Face; He delights in Drinking.
drunkish, maudling, half-Seas over.
good Store of Brandy or any agreeable Liquor.
clapt.
a good, rousing Winter-Fire.
not so much as a Drop left to be poured upon the Thumb nail, so cleverly was the Liquor tipt off.
an Hostess or Landlady.
he that pockets up Gloves, Knives, Handkerchiefs, Snuff and Tobacco-boxes, and other lesser Moveables.
Rogues, who, not content to rob and plunder, beat and barbarously abuse, andoften murder the Passengers. Hence, To seaddle; To beat lustily with a Cane, &c.
a Shop. Rum Swag; Full of rich Goods.
to vapour or bounce.
easy to be taken in; Also expert, dexterous, clever: As, Sweet's your Hand; said of one who has the Knack of stealing by Sleight of Hand.
Guinea-droppers, Cheats, Sharpers. To Sweeten; To decoy, draw in, and bute. To be sweet upon; To coax, wheedle,entice or allure.
a draught of Liquor; To swig it off; To drink it all up.
carrying small Haberdashery-Wares about, pretending to sell them, to colour their Roguery. Fellows crying Old Shoes, Boots, or brooms; and thos pretending to buy Old Suits, Hats or Cloaks, are also called Swig-Men, and oftentimes, if an Opportunity offers, make all Fish that comes to Net.
a very great one.
to beat him soundly.