buntling n.
(UK Und.) a petticoat; thus hale up the main-buntlings, to pull up a woman’s petticoats.
Dict. Canting Crew. | ||
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 203: Buntlings, petticoats. Haul up the main buntlings, i.e., take up the woman’s petticoats. | ||
New Canting Dict. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. | |
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Buntlings Pettitcoats. Cant. | ||
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn). | ||
Dict. Sl. and Cant. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
Modern Flash Dict. | ||
Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open. | ||
New and Improved Flash Dict. |