roger n.3
(UK Und.) a suitcase.
implied in bite the roger | ||
Canting Academy (2nd edn). | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Roger, c. a Portmantle [sic]. | ||
Triumph of Wit. | ||
New Canting Dict. n.p.: roger a Portmanteau. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1725]. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 16: A Cloak-bag – Roger. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
New Dict. Cant (1795). | ||
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. | ||
Vocabulum. |
In phrases
to steal a portmanteau.
Eng. Rogue I 47: Bite the Peter or Roger, Steal the Portmantle or Cloak-bag. | ||
Canting Academy (2nd edn) n.p.: bite the roger Steal the Portmanteau. | ||
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: [...] Bite the Roger, i.e., to steal the portmanteau. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 19: To steal a Portmanteau – Bite the Roger. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
Lex. Balatronicum. |