napping cove n.
(UK Und.) a watchman; by ext. a hue and cry.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Triumph of Wit n.p.: The Napping-Cove is hood-wink’d The Hue and Cry is belated. | |
| Golden Cabinet of Secrets [as cit. 1707]. | |
| Scoundrel’s Dict. [as cit. 1707]. |
(UK Und.) a watchman; by ext. a hue and cry.
| Triumph of Wit n.p.: The Napping-Cove is hood-wink’d The Hue and Cry is belated. | |
| Golden Cabinet of Secrets [as cit. 1707]. | |
| Scoundrel’s Dict. [as cit. 1707]. |