percher n.
1. a dying person [perch v.].
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Letter to J. Grahme 21 Jan. in Bagot Col. J. Grahme (1886) 28: The Queen is well, though the Whigs giue out that she is, what they wish her, ‘a percher’ [OED]. |
2. UK Und. uses [the victim is ‘perched’ in innocent vulnerability].
(a) a gullible victim for a swindle or con-game.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | You Chirped a Chinful!! n.p.: Perch: Sucker. | |
| Signs of Crime 196: Percher [...] an easy victim. |
(b) a simple arrest [the victim is ‘perched’ in innocent vulnerability].
| Signs of Crime 196: Percher An easy arrest. | |
| Lowspeak. |