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Discoveries (1774) 43: I’ll adam that Moll; I’ll marry that Woman.at adam, v.
Discoveries (1774) 43: I’ll adam that Moll; I’ll marry that Woman. Discoveries (1774) 42: A rum Beak; a good Justice.at beak, n.1
Discoveries (1774) 30: The Files go before the Cull, and try his Cly; and if they feel a Bit, cry Gammon.at bit, n.1
Discoveries (1774) 33: Then he knows he is bit, but not till he has dearly paid for it.at bit, adj.
Discoveries (1774) 5: It is a great Deal of Blunt.at blunt, n.1
Discoveries (1774) 9: We went into the North of England [...] on the sharping Lay, and won between thirty and forty Pounds at Cards, alias Broads.at broads, n.
Discoveries (1774) 40: They are great Priggers of Caunes and Bucket-chats; that is Sheep and Fowl.at bucket chat (n.) under bucket, n.
Discoveries (1774) 30: The Lift or Buckteen; that is Shop-lifting.at buckteen, n.
Discoveries (1774) 43: A Buffer and Grunter; a Dog and Hog.at bufe, n.
Discoveries (1774) 42: The Buftrap johns me; the Thief-catcher knows me.at buft, n.
Discoveries (1774) 20: Burk will show you where you may buss a Couple of Prads, and fence them at Abingdon Gaff; that is, Burk, will show you a Couple of Horses that you may steal, and sell them at Abingdon Fair.at buss, v.1
Discoveries (1774) 42: The Bustrap johns me; the Thief-catcher knows me.at bustrap, n.
Discoveries (1774) 43: A griff Metoll, or Buxom; a Six-pence.at buxom, n.
Discoveries (1774) 40: Gipsies are a People that talk Romney; that is, a Cant that no Body understands but themselves.at cant, n.1
Discoveries (1774) 43: He kaps quare; he swears false.at cap, v.2
Discoveries (1774) 31: There are generally four Persons concerned; that is, the Sailor, called a Legg Cull, to pinch the Nobb; the next is the Capper, who always keeps with the Sailor; and two Pickers up, or Money Droppers, to bring in Flats.at capper, n.1
Discoveries (1774) 29: They will open a Piece of Stuff and hold it up between the Owner and their Partner that sits down with her Petticoats half up ready for the Word nap it; then she puts it between her Carriers (that is, a Cant Word for Thighs) and then gets up and lets her Clothes drop [...] and so walks off.at carrier, n.
Discoveries (1774) 43: We are all in the Chant; we are all in the News.at chant, n.
Discoveries (1774) 42: I chant, I gagg; I sing Ballads, I beg.at chant, v.
Discoveries (1774) 43: Chant his Tuggs; count his Clothes.at chant, v.
Discoveries (1774) 40: Chanters, that is, Ballad Singers, will not stick to commit any Roguery that lies in their Way.at chanter, n.
Discoveries (1774) 43: The Cull is chattey; the Man is lousey.at chatty, adj.
Discoveries (1774) 42: I’m a Sneak for Chinks or Feeders; I’m a Thief for Tankards or Spoons.at chink, n.1
Discoveries (1774) 43: Tip me your Chive; give me your Knife.at chiv, n.1
Discoveries (1774) n.p.: Chive his Muns, cut his Face.at chiv, v.
Discoveries (1774) 43: Chive his Muns; cut his Face.at chiv, v.
Discoveries (1774) 30: We jostle him up, and one knocks his Kelp off, and while he lifts his Hand up, his Loag is napp’d, and after the Gaff it is christened and fenced.at christen, v.
Discoveries (1774) 42: I’m a Sneak for Chinks [sic] and Feeders; I’m a Thief for Tankards or Spoons.at clank, n.
Discoveries (1774).at clogments, n.
Discoveries (1774) 43: A Wipe or Clout; a Handkerchief.at clout, n.1
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