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[US] ‘Another Highway-man’s Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: And if I meet a [? text illegible] cove / I’ll do him out and out.
at out-and-out, adv.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: A judge, a beeks.
at beak, n.1
[US] ‘Mount’s Flash Song upon himself’ Confessions of Thomas Mount 22: Tommy, tip me the bit, he said, / And I’m the cove that’ll bring you thro’.
at bit, n.1
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: Bad money, blue bit.
at blue bit (n.) under bit, n.1
[US] ‘A London Ken-cracking Song’ Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: There was Franc Finis, a hearty blade.
at blade, n.
[US] ‘A Pickpocket’s Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: I and my blowen to the gaff / Straightway did repair.
at blowen, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: Mistress of the house, blowen of the ken.
at blowen, n.
[US] ‘Another Highway-man’s Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: Next to my blowen spenie / I’ll go without doubt.
at blowen spenie, n.
[US] ‘Highway-man’s Flash Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: Come all ye roving scamping blades, [...] That go out on the bonny throw.
at bonny-throw, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: Cards, broads.
at broads, n.
[US] ‘A London Ken-cracking Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: And when his Peter we did burst, / His golden chain I hobbled first.
at bust, v.1
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: A shirt, a smisk.
at camesa, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: Cheese, caz.
at cassan, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: Lewd women, cats.
at cat, n.1
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: A knife, a chive.
at chiv, n.1
[US] ‘How a Flat became a Prigg’ Confessions of Thomas Mount 21: His daddles clean, he’ll slip between / A croud, a clout he’ll nap unseen.
at clout, n.1
[US] ‘Flash Language’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: A man, a cove.
at cove, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: Master of the house, cove of the ken.
at cove of the ken (n.) under cove, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: Shoes, crabs.
at crabs, n.2
[US] ‘A London Ken-cracking Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: Upon the crack, ye need no doubt.
at (go) on the crack under crack, n.4
[US] ‘Mount’s Flash Song upon himself’ Confessions of Thomas Mount 22: I broke my slangs, then crack’d the quod.
at crack, v.2
[US] ‘How a Flat became a Prigg’ Confessions of Thomas Mount 22: Ken-cracking caus’d the blade to swing, / And ‘Jack tuck’d up was just the thing’.
at crack a ken (v.) under crack, v.2
[US] ‘A London Ken-cracking Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: Sir Robert’s ken we meant to crack.
at crack a ken (v.) under crack, v.2
[US] ‘Highway-man’s Flash Song’ Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: We bid them a good darky, / they roll’d the road to town.
at darkey, n.
[US] ‘A Song Made by a Flash Cove’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 21: My blowen came here t’other night, / She fetch’d us a jorum of diddle.
at diddle, n.1
[US] ‘A Song Made by a Flash Cove’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 21: Our trade of diving doth fail, / My blowen has chang’d habitation.
at dive, v.
[US] ‘Highway-man’s Flash Song’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 20: Then to the inside passengers / Straightway did we repair, / To do them of their lowr, / It was our only care.
at do, v.1
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: Ribbons, dobbins.
at dobbin, n.
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: A drag, one that robs a waggon on the high way.
at drag, n.1
[US] ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 19: A dub, opening a door with a false key.
at dub, n.1
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