Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) a body, a person.

c.1566		Harman Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 84: Bene lightmans to thy quarromes, in what lipken hast thou lypped in this darkemans? whether in a libbege, or in the strummell?
1592		Groundworke of Conny-catching n.p.: [as cit. c.1566].
1608		Dekker Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: The Canters Dictionary Quaromes, a body.
1610		Rowlands Martin Mark-all 40: Quarroms the body, or armes, or backe. [Ibid.] 42: Out budgd the Coue of the Ken, / With a ben filtch in his quarr’me.
1618		B. Holyday Technogamia n.p.: Ah, your good vrship, to couer our Quarommes, that our wants may not driue vs to the Chates — let me see your Famble good Master.
1637		Dekker Canting Song in Eng. Villainies (8th edn) O2: White thy Fambles, red thy Gan, and thy Quarrons dainty is. [Ibid.] O3: Now my Kinchen cove is gone By the Rumpad Maunded none, In quarrons both for stamps and bone, Like my Clapperdogeon.
1641		R. Brome Jovial Crew II i: Here’s Pannam and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron.
1665		Head Eng. Rogue I 51: Quarron, A Body.
a.1674		‘A Wenches complaint for . . . her lusty Rogue’ Head Canting Academy (1674) 16: [as cit. 1637] (O3).
1688		R. Holme Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Quaromes, a body. Quarrons.
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Quarron, c. a Body.
1707		Maunder’s Praise of His Strowling Mort in Dodsley (1826) 33: [as cit. 1637] (O3).
1714		A. Smith Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Quarron, a Body.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1754		Scoundrel’s Dict. 15: A Body – Quarren.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Quarromes, or Quarron. A body. (cant).
a.1790		H.T. Potter New Dict. Cant (1795).
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785].
1821		Flash Dict.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 26: Quarroms – a body.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.