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Hist. of the Press Yard in Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men (1719) xi: The cull looks as if he had the blunt, and I must come in for a share of it after my masters have done with him.at blunt, n.1
Hist. of the Press Yard in Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men (1719) xi: The cull looks as if he had the blunt, and I must come in for a share of it after my masters have done with him. Hist. of the Press Yard in Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men (1719) xi: Quoth a fellow, with the most rueful appearance that any creature with two legs ever made to his doxy [...] Doll, we shall have a hot supper to-night.at doxy, n.
Memoirs of the Right Villainous Jack Hall in Smith Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men (1719) vii: As soon as he is adorned with a pair of iron boots, he is thence conducted (provided he has gilt).at gilt, n.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Binged awast in a Darkness, stole away in the night-time.at bing a waste, v.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Abram-cove, a naked or poor man; also a lusty strong rogue. [...] Abram men, beggars, anticks, tricked up with ribbands, red tape, fox-tails, rags and the like, pretending madness to palliate thefts of poultry and linen.at abram-man, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Adam’s Ale, water.at Adam’s ale (n.) under Adam, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Affidavit-men, knights of the post, mercenary swearers for hire, inhabitants formerly of Whitefriars, now dispersed.at affidavit man, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Alsatians, the inhabitants of Alsatia, such as broken gentlemen and tradesmen lurking there.at Alsatian (n.) under Alsatia, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Alsatia, Whitefriars [...] Alsatia the Higher, the same [...] Alsatia the Lower, the Mint in Southwark.at Alsatia, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Altitudes, the man is in his altitudes, that is, he is drunk.at in one’s altitudes (adj.) under altitudes, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Antiquated Rogue, one that has forgot or left off his Trade thro’ Age.at antiquated rogue, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Armour, in his armour, that is pot-valiant.at in (one’s) armour (adj.) under armour, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Autem-Mort, a married woman, also that tribe of beggars travelling, begging, and often stealing, with one child in arms, another at the back, and sometimes leading a third by the hand.at autem mort (n.) under autem, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 201: Backt, dead; as, he wishes the old man backt, that is, he longs to have his father on six men’s shoulders; or as, his back’s up, that is, he is in a fume, or angry.at backed, adj.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: [as cit. c.1698].at barker, n.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Battered Bully, an old well-cudgelled and bruised huffing fellow.at battered bully, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bawdy-Baskets, a tribe that goes about with pins, tape, obscene books and the like, to sell, but live more by stealing.at bawdy-basket (n.) under bawdy, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Beard-Splitter, a whore-monger.at beard-splitter (n.) under beard, n.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bene-Cove, a good fellow.at bene cove (n.) under bene, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bene-Darkman, good-night.at bene darkmans under bene, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bene-Bowse, strong liquor, or very good drink.at bene bouse (n.) under bene, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bene-Ship, very good, also Worship.at beneship, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: [as cit. c.1698].at bess, n.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bing we to Rum Vile, gone to London.at bing, v.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bingo, Brandy.at bingo, n.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bingo, Brandy; Bingo-Boy, a great drinker, or lover thereof.at bingo-boy (n.) under bingo, n.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bingo, Brandy; [...] Bingo-Club, a set of rakes who are lovers of that liquor.at bingo-club (n.) under bingo, n.1
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bit, robbed, cheated, or out-witted; Bit the Blow, that is accomplished the theft, or played the cheat. You have bit a great blow, that is, you have robbed somebody of a great deal, or to a considerable value.at bit, adj.
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bite, a rogue, sharper or cheat; also a woman’s privities [...] The Cull wapt the Mort’s Bite, i.e., the fellow enjoyed the whore briskly.at bite, n.2
Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 202: Bite, a rogue, sharper or cheat; also a woman’s privities.at bite, n.1
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