1786 Whole Art of Thieving n.p.: A boman prig A bold or dexterous thief.at bowman-prig (n.) under bowman, adj.
1786 Whole Art of Thieving 34: They [i.e. gypsies] are great Priggers of Caunes and Bucket-chats, that is, sheep and fowl.at bucket chat (n.) under bucket, n.
1786 Whole Art of Thieving 31: Horse Stealers, they go together always the day before, to look over the grounds for a good Prad or Prads, then at darky they buss them out of the ground, that is, at night they steal the horses.at buss, v.1
1786 Whole Art of Thieving 8: The Art of Old Nobb, called Pricking in the Girdle. 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
1786 Whole Art of Thieving n.p.: The waggon and coach lay stealing out goods as they pass along.at coach lay, n.
1786 Whole Art of Thieving 31: They [...] go thirty or forty miles that night, towards the next gaff to fence them [i.e. horses], that is, to the next fair to sell them, and when they come there they sell them to a coaping cull, that is, a horse jockey they know.at coaping-cull, n.