booth n.
1. a thieves’ den.
![]() | New Dict. Cant (1795) n.p.: booth, or lumber a house or ken for harbouring thieves. | |
![]() | Dict. Sl. and Cant. | |
![]() | Flash Dict. | |
![]() | Modern Flash Dict. 7: Booth – a place for harbouring thieves. | |
![]() | Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open [as cit. 1835]. | |
![]() | New and Improved Flash Dict. | |
![]() | Vocabulum. |
2. (Polari) a room, usu. a bedroom.
![]() | Fabulosa 289/2: booth a room, especially a bedroom. |