Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) ‘one ready to give bond and judgement for goods or money’ (Grose, 1785).

1688		T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia n.p.: Cant List: Sealer. One that gives Bonds and Judgement for Goods and Money.
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew [as cit. 1688].
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. 1688].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1688].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.