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View of Society II 129: Having already made the Money-taker as sucky as a Buffer [drunk as a dog].at drunk as (a)..., adj.
View of Society II 129: Having already made the Money-taker as sucky as a Buffer [drunk as a dog]. View of Society II 141: The Floating Academy. This is a new insititution.at floating academy, n.
View of Society II 11: He was [...] sentenced to improve as a pupil in Mr. Duncan Campbell’s Floating Academy for five years.at Campbell’s academy, n.
View of Society II 80: This trick was once attempted upon a landlord who was a man of the world, and up to their gossip. He informed them that he should charge them only sixpence a-head, and sent them in part of a cold round of beef. He watched them, and saw them give the counterfeit sick man about a pound of beef and another to the Buffer under the table. When they called to know what was to pay, he told them two shillings for eating, for he would be paid a sye-buck a-piece, and would stand no Hook and Snivey, or Nix the Buffer.at hook and snivey (with nix the buffer), n.
View of Society II 177: As you venture among them they will fox you; which is, one of them comes behind you, puts a handkerchief over your eyes, and hustles you in amongst the thick of them, your pockets are turned inside out, and you are done out and out, as they call it.at out-and-out, adv.
View of Society II 215: Those comments we hear after our Tyburn executions of ‘He died hard,’ and was ‘as bold as brass’.at bold as brass (adj.) under bold as..., adj.
View of Society II 62: Kiddy-Nipper is a man out of work among Steel-bar flingers, which is cant for Journeymen Taylors.at steel bar flinger (n.) under steel bar, n.
View of Society II 174: A highwayman will ding his Upper-Benjamin, his Jazey, his Sticks, his Flogger, his Diggers, his Beater-Cases, &c. and having all these on him when he committed the robbery, is totally transformed by dinging.at beater-cases, n.
View of Society II 54: Fidlum Ben. These are a kind of general tradesmen, who are likewise called Peter’ Sons, with every finger a fish-hook. They watch all opportunities, rob at all times and all places, from a diamond ring on a lady’s toilet down to a dish-clout in the sinkhole.at fidlum-ben, n.
View of Society II 174: A highwayman will ding his Upper-Benjamin, his Jazey, his Sticks, his Flogger, his Diggers, his Beater-Cases, &c. and having all these on him when he committed the robbery, is totally transformed by dinging.at benjamin, n.1
View of Society II 149: A woman [...] dressed like a servant-maid, with a cream-pot in one hand, and Betty in the other; and a number of young Dubs hanging by her side.at betty, n.
View of Society II 63: To fly the blue pigeon is cutting off lead from what they call a Prayer Book up to a Bible.at bible, n.
View of Society II 179: However the biters may be bit.at bite, v.
View of Society II 179: However the biters may be bit.at biter, n.1
View of Society II 168: Levanters. These are of the order and number of Black Legs, who live by the Broads and the Turf.at blackleg, n.1
View of Society II 126: ‘Look at the Queer Rooster,’ says one. ‘Blast my Eyes!’ cries another.at blast someone’s eyes! (excl.) under blast, v.1
View of Society II 162: Bleating Rig is the stealing of sheep.at bleating rig (n.) under bleat, v.
View of Society I 48: Blow me up (says he) if I have had a fellow with such rum toggys cross my company these many a day.at blow me!, excl.1
View of Society II 63: Blue Pigeon-Flyer. These are journeymen plumbers and glaziers who repair houses, and Running dustmen.at blue pigeon flyer (n.) under blue pigeon, n.
View of Society II 64: Opportunities of flying the Blue pigeon such as cutting off pipes, stealing cocks,&c.at blue pigeon, n.
View of Society II 63: To fly the Blue Pigeon is cutting off lead from what they call a Prayer Book up to a Bible.at fly the blue pigeon (v.) under blue pigeon, n.
View of Society II 71: The Body-Snatchers happened to get intelligence where he was [...] slapped him on the shoulder, informed him that he was a prisoner, and in that manner compleated his Snatch.at body-snatcher, n.
View of Society II 109: ‘There’s the breeze!’ says the servant. ‘I wish they had breezed it somewhere else,’ says the landlord.at breeze, n.1
View of Society II 168: Levanters. These are of the order and number of Black-Legs, who live by the Broads and the Turf.at broads, n.
View of Society I 212: They went away seemingly very well satisfied, leaving master and man knocking about .at knock about the bub (v.) under bub, n.1
View of Society II 81: They call the dog a Buffer, from a practice among them of killing such dogs as no advertisement or enquiry has been made for; and this they call ‘buffing the dog’.at bufe, n.
View of Society II 81: The people who practise this rig are dog-stealers. They call the dog a Buffer, from a practice among them of killing such dogs as no advertisement or enquiry has been made for; and this they call ‘buffing the dog,’ whose skin they sell, and feed the remaining dogs with his carcase.at buffing the dog, n.
View of Society II 173: Academy Buz-Nappers. This Rig is generally executed by a young fry of boys, who are first pick’d up in the purlieus of St. Giles’s, [...] they are put into a room, in which there are figures dressed up like a man and a woman, with bells in every pocket for the young ones to practice on.at bus-napper’s academy (n.) under bus-napper, n.
View of Society II 173: This Rig is generally executed by a young fry of boys, who are first pick’d up in the purlieus of St. Giles’s, [...] they are put into a room, in which there are figures dressed up like a man and a woman, with bells in every pocket for the young ones to practice on [...] If they can make the dive, take book, handkerchief, or purse, without making the bells speak in the execution of this business, then they are qualified to take their degrees, go out on the leer the next darkey, and follow the profession of a Buz-napper.at bus-napper, n.
View of Society II 64: Carrier Pigeons. This is one of the most curious species of villainy [...] I mean Lottery-Office Keepers. This is practiced by three men and a woman.at carrier-pigeon, n.
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