Green’s Dictionary of Slang

the Brown Bear public house in Bow Street, Covent Garden, a popular haunt for both thieves and thief-takers.

1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn) n.p.: Russian Coffee House. The Brown Bear in Bow-street, Covent Garden, a house of call for the thief-takers and runners of the Bow-street justices.
1800		Sporting Mag. Apr. XVI 26/2: Had a special meeting of the traps at the Russian Coffee-house.
1812		Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

a punishment of one hundred blows on the shins.

1641

J. Day Parliament of Bees (Bullen) 65: imp.: Let him have Russian law for all his sins. dic.: What’s that? imp.: A 100 blowes on his bare shins [F&H].

(UK Und.) the hangman’s noose.

c.1850

Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict.

(gay) an orgy in which all participants are covered in baby oil.

1972		B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 148: mazola party an orgy where all participants grease up before sliding around on each other [...] Russian salad party.
1986–7		Maledicta IX 60: Russian salad party n [R] Orgy in which all participants are greasy; homosexual slang.