receiver general n.
1. a prostitute.
Lex. Balatronicum. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |
2. (prizefighting) a contestant who is badly beaten up.
Key to the Picture of the Fancy going to a Fight 26: He turns all his opponents into Receivers General. | ||
Pierce Egan’s Life in London 7 Aug. 221/1: Savage is known to be a game man, extremely active his legs, and a very troublesome customer ; but on this occasion he proved himself a Receiver-general. | ||
Ulysses [ebook] The welterweight sergeantmajor had tapped some lively claret in the previous mixup during which Keogh had been receivergeneral of rights and lefts,. |