1807 letter in J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 111: I have had the gout; and other things in family matters has been the cause of my not seeing you. [Ibid.] 112: The cant phrase of family matters is well understood by thieves and their associates, being used by them when alluding to their thieving concerns.at family, n.1
1807 letter in J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 112: A tinney has broke out as hot as hell.at tinny, n.1
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 35: Damn your eyes, we will come when we like. Do you think we shall ask such a bitch as you?at bitch, n.1
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 30: Damn your eyes, you bloody thief [...] I will frisk you and your crib.at crib, n.1
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 30: Damn your eyes, you bloody thief.at damn (someone’s) eyes! (excl.) under damn, v.
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 91: I set persons to sound what are called family men; but they were wholly ignorant of such a character.at family man (n.) under family, n.1
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 93: He was an excellent customer at hazard or backgammon. Perry said he had been told he was an excellent Flat, and often lost large sums of money.at flat, n.2
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 30: Damn your eyes, you bloody thief [...] I will frisk you and your crib too.at frisk, v.2
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 40: You know he must not be brought into the office with irons on.at irons, n.
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 87: Palmer’s agent [...] determined to transact business in their line.at line, n.1
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 85: He had amassed a very considerable fortune by this fraudulent business, and particularly by negotiating stolen bills, called smashing thick paper.at paper, n.
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 89: The deluded tradesman has no clue by which he can find out the sharpers.at sharper, n.
1809 John Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 85: He had amassed a very considerable fortune by this fraudulent business, and particularly by negotiating stolen bills, called smashing thick paper.at smash, v.2
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 112: By the Tinney is meant, that a discovery has taken place.at tinny, n.1
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 54: Damn my eyes, we will try it on with you.at try it on with (v.) under try, v.
1809 J. Mackcoull Abuses of Justice 33: Nothing short of my death should appease him, and of that he was now certain, for that I should as surely be twisted.at twist, v.