quarrom n.
(UK Und.) a body, a person.
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? | ||
Groundworke of Conny-catching n.p.: [as cit. c.1566]. | ||
Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: The Canters Dictionary Quaromes, a body. | ||
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. | ||
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. | Canting Song in||
Jovial Crew II i: Here’s Pannam and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron. | ||
Eng. Rogue I 51: Quarron, A Body. | ||
‘A Wenches complaint for . . . her lusty Rogue’ Canting Academy (1674) 16: [as cit. 1637] (O3). | ||
Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Quaromes, a body. Quarrons. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Quarron, c. a Body. | ||
Maunder’s Praise of His Strowling Mort in | (1826) 33: [as cit. 1637] (O3).||
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Quarron, a Body. | ||
New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 15: A Body – Quarren. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Quarromes, or Quarron. A body. (cant). | |
New Dict. Cant (1795). | ||
Dict. Sl. and Cant. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785]. | ||
Flash Dict. | ||
Modern Flash Dict. 26: Quarroms – a body. | ||
Vocabulum. |