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Edinburgh Rev. Jan. 442: His friends were denied access to him, and a mouton or jail-spy quartered in his chamber .at mouton, n.
Edinburgh Rev. Jan. 442: His friends were denied access to him, and a mouton or jail-spy quartered in his chamber . Edinburgh Rev. 23 Oct. 258/1: Denghien, an entire horse, aged, colour brown, got by Bangtail by Highflyer, dam by Ruler.at bangtail, n.2
Edinburgh Rev. Nov. 207: Our readers may try their skill on a few stanzas of the description of Cockney-land, which we print from Doctor Pipino’s Anthology.at Cockneyland (n.) under Cockney, adj.
Edinburgh Rev. Oct. 41: Personages [...] drinking supernaculum out of grotesque goblets .at supernaculum, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 485: Match-sellers, as well as all other cadgers, often get what they call ‘a back-door cant;’ that is, any thing they can carry off where they beg, or offer their matches for sale.at back-door cant (n.) under cant, n.2
Edinburgh Rev. July 485: ‘Cross Coves,’ though they beg their bread, can tell a long story about being out of employ [...] yet get what they call on the cross (by theft) . . . one of their chief modes of getting things on the cross, is by shoplifting (called grabbing) . . . another method is to star the glaze (i.e. break or cut the window).at on the cross under cross, n.1
Edinburgh Rev. July 482: The [begging] documents are accompanied by a sham subscription-book [which] they name a ‘delicate’.at delicate, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 484: Cadgers on the downright are those who beg from door to door.at downright, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 481: The writer then enters into details as to ‘the Fire-Lurkers,’ or those ‘who go about begging for loss by fire’.at fire-lurker (n.) under fire, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 484: Cadgers on the fly are those who beg as they pass along the tober (road). Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing-places and large towns.at on the fly under fly, n.1
Edinburgh Rev. July 484: ‘High-Fliers,’ or begging-letter writers, are, it would seem, the next in order of importance after Lurkers. These [...] scribble false statements of their having been unfortunate in business, or suffered great losses.at high-flyer, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 482: The Foreigner’s Lurk. — Considerable numbers proceed on this lurk, representing themselves as foreigners in distress. . . Of late years, by far the greatest number have represented themselves as Polish noblemen or gentlemen [...] driven by the tyranny of Russia from their native country.at foreigner’s lurk (n.) under foreigner, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 485: ‘Cadgers’ Children’ (kiddies) ‘are so well instructed in the arts of imposition by their parents that they frequently obtain more in money and food than grown-up cadgers’.at kiddy, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 482: The Servants ’ Lurk — There are considerable numbers who go on the servants’ lurk , or as servants out of place.at lurk, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 482: The Accident Lurk — Lurkers of this description [claim] that by some dreadful accident the bearer [of a fake document] has lost all, or at least the greater part of his property, sometimes by storm, at other times by flood [etc.].at accident lurk (n.) under lurk, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 485: Whenever cadgers stand or sit, either in towns or by the roadside, to beg, they call it sitting or standing pad ; and this often proves a very profitable method. Some of them affect blindness : whilst others represent themselves as unable to follow any employment, in consequence of being subject to fits.at stand pad (v.) under pad, n.1
Edinburgh Rev. July 486: Palmers [...] visit shops under pretence of collecting harp halfpence; and to induce shopkeepers to search for them, they offer thirteen-pence for a shilling’s worth, when many person are silly enough to empty a large quantity of copper on their counters to search for the halfpence wanted. The palmer is sure to have his hand among it; and while he pretends to search for the harps, he contrives to conceal as many as possible in the palm of his hand [etc.].at palmer, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 486: Prigs (or pickpockets) [...] frequent races, fairs and prize fights.at prig, n.1
Edinburgh Rev. July 485: There are many cadgers who write short sentences with chalk upon the flags and some of them do it remarkably well; these are called screevers.at screever, n.
Edinburgh Rev. July 484: ‘Shallow Motts’ are ‘females who, like the Shallow Coves, go nearly naked. [...] They plead long and severe sickness, but only ask for clothes.at shallow mot (n.) under shallow, adj.
Edinburgh Rev. July 484: ‘Shallow Coves’ are ‘imposters begging through the country as shipwrecked sailors. They generally choose winter, and always go nearly naked. Their object so is to obtain left-off clothes.at shallow cove (n.) under shallow, adj.
Edinburgh Rev. July 484: Cadgers on the fly are those who beg as they pass along the tober (road). Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing-places and large towns.at toby, n.2
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