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Old Tales of a Young Country 12: He [...] lived like a man of easy fortune, and ‘put away’ large quantities of stolen goods.at put away, v.
Old Tales of a Young Country 12: He [...] lived like a man of easy fortune, and ‘put away’ large quantities of stolen goods. Old Tales of a Young Country 11: He had been the Bohemian, the strolling player, the bon camarado of bully-rooks and swindlers.at bully-rock (n.) under bully, n.1
Old Tales of a Young Country 156: Stories of the horrors of Hell’s Gates with which they would beguile the time and attention of the convict ‘new chums’.at new chum, n.
Old Tales of a Young Country 12: In his late profession of high toby man, Mr. James had become acquainted with that useful creature, a ‘fence’.at high-toby man (n.) under high-toby, n.
Old Tales of a Young Country 56: Howe roared, ‘Slap at the beggars!’ and a tearing volley from guns and pistols rattled among the branches. [Ibid.] 64 : I slapped at him, and I believe hit him, for he staggered.at slap, v.
Old Tales of a Young Country 13: He was detected in picking the pocket of a trull in Drury-lane Theatre.at trull, n.
Old Tales of a Young Country 123: It was very common practice to run up behind a well-dressed person, and whipping off his hat, to run away with it. This was called ‘unshingling,’ or taking off a man’s roof.at unshingle, v.
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