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Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 25: He and his dear Bit of a Groat rid into the Wood [...] with an Intention of Enjoyment in the Folds of Love.at bit of a groat (n.) under bit of (a), n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 25: He and his dear Bit of a Groat rid into the Wood [...] with an Intention of Enjoyment in the Folds of Love. Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 210: Tip the Cole to Adam Tyler, that’s, give what Money you have pick’d up out of the Man’s Pocket, to the next Party.at adam tiler, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 182: We’ll have a Full Port of humming Ale before we reckon.at humming ale, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him Autem was Arabick for a Church.at autem, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 37: I was going to say the same to you, would never save his Bacon again.at save someone’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Libege, a Bed.at lib-beg, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Belly-cheat, an Apron.at belly cheat (n.) under belly, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 242: They have their Tinder-Boxes, Matches, Flints, Steel, Dark-Lanthorns, Bags, Cords, Betties, and Chisels.at betty, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 163: Her Talent originally lay in bilking Lodgings.at bilk, v.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 3: You canting B—h, if you dally with me at this rate, you’ll certainly provoke my Spirit.at bitch, n.1
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 205: Black Dogs, which are Shillings or other Pieces of Money made only of Pewter, double washed.at black dog, n.1
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 42: Which was a very unconscionable thing in him to abuse the Civility of those Blades who had the Conscience to take all he had from him.at blade, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 239: [They] would lustily booze it, and sing and dance all Weathers.at booze, v.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Borde a Shilling.at bord, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 187: The Footmen were gone to drink at some adjacent Boozing-Kin.at bousing-ken, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 274: The Fanatical parson being ashamed of himself, he quitted his Chattering Box without proceeding any farther in his Sermon.at chattering box, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Bube, the Pox.at bube, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 255: Going on the [...] Sneaking-budge, or pilfering any small Matter that lie in the Way.at sneaking budge, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 167: The Buffer, that is their canting Name for a Dog.at bufe, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 135: A grim-fac’d Bully [...] looking out of the Window.at bully, n.1
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 129: He scolded like a Butter-Whore.at butter-whore (n.) under butter, n.1
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 165: She [went] upon the Buttock and Twang by Night; which is picking up a Cull, Cully, or Spark, and pretending not to expose her Face in a Public House, she takes him into some dark Alley, so whilst the decoy’d Fool is groping her with his Breeches down, she picks his Fob or Pocket, of his Watch or Money, and a giving a sort of a Hem as a signal she has succeeded in her Design, then the fellow with whom she keeps Company, he knocks down the gallant, and carries off the Prize.at buttock and twang (n.) under buttock, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Canke, Dumb.at cank, adj.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Cannakin, the Plague.at canniken, n.1
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 240: The impairing of his Health [...] did not alienate his Inclination from keeping Company with such Cattle, who ruin both Body and Soul.at cattle, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 197: Chiving bags or Port-mantles from behind Horses.at chiv, v.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 156: The Baker [...] was forced to appease her Eternal Clack by paying for her Loss.at clack, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Cokir, a Liar.at cokir, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 210: Tip the Cole to Adam Tyler, that’s, give what Money you have pick’d up out of the Man’s Pocket, to the next Party.at tip (up) the cole (v.) under cole, n.
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 201: Go when he would to Whittington’s College, the Janizaries of that Nursery for Hell, knew him well enough.at Whittington(’s) college, n.
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