RU RUM-Bung, a full Purse. RUMLY, bravely, cleverly, delicately, &c. RUM-Chub, which is (among the Butchers) an ignorant Market-man or Woman, that is bit by them. RUM-Clank, a large Silver Tankard. Tip me a Rum-Clank of Bowfe, i.e. Give me a Double-tankard of Drink. RUM-Clout, a Silk, fine Cambrick, or Holland Handkerchief. RUM-Cod, a good Purfe of Gold, or round Sum of Money. RUM-Cole, new Money, or Medals curioufly coin'd. RUM Cove, a great Rogue. RUM-Cull, a rich Fool, that can be easily bit, or cheated by any body; also one that is very generous and kind to a Mistress. RUM Degen, a Silver-hilted or inlaid RUM Dell, the fame as, Rum- Doxy. RUM Diver, a compleat or clever Pickpocket. The fame with Files or Bung nippers, which fee. RUM-Doxy, a beautiful Woman, or light Lady. RUM-Drawers, Silk Stockings, or very fine worsted Hofe. RUM-Dropper, a Vintner. RUM-Dabber, an experienc'd or expert Picker of Locks. The fame with GILT, which fee. SC RUM-Peepers, a Silver Looking-g'afs. RUM-Prancer, a very beautiful Horfe. Snack. RUM-Ruff-Peck, Weftphalia Ham. RUM Snitch, a good Fillip on the Nofe." RUM-Topping, a rich Head-dress. RUM-Wiper, the fame as Rum-Clout. RUNNING Stationers, Hawkers, or those that cry News and Books about the Streets. RUNNER, the fame as Budge. Which fee. S RUSTYGUTS, an old blunt Fellow. S ACK, a Pocket. To Dive into bis Sack; SACK, alfo fignifies to be drunk; As, RUM-Duke, a jolly handfome Man; Ram RUM-Dutchess, a jolly handsome Woman. RUM-Gutlers, Canary-Wine; alfo fine Eating. Rum-bopper, RUM-Hopper, a Drawer. RUM Kicks, Silver or Gold Brocade RUM.Mawnd, one that counterfeits him- RUM-Mort, a Queen, or great Lady. SCAB, a forry Wench, or fcoundrel Fel SCANDALOUS, a forry Perriwig. SCANDAL-Proof, a thorough-pac'd Al-' fatian, or Minter; one harden'd, or past Shame. SCEW. See Skew. SCHOOL of Venus, a Bawdy-house. SCONCE. To build a large Sconce ; To run deep upon Tick or Truft. SCOTCH Fidde, the Itch. Scab. To SCOURE, to wear. To fcoure the To SCOWRE, to run away or fcamper. SCOWRERS, Drunkards beating the Watch, breaking Windows, clearing the Streets, &c. SCRAN, a Reckoning at a Boozing-ken, me 40 Hogs; One enter'd into Bond with me for 40 Shillings. SCRUB, a Ragamuffin. To SCREW, to copulate with a Woman. A SCREW, a Strumpet, a common Proftitute. SCUM, the Riff-raff, or Tagrag and Longtail. SEALER, one that gives Bonds and Judgment for Goods and Money. SECRET, as, Let into the Secret; When one is drawn in at Horfe-racing, Cockfighting, Bowling, and other fuch Sports or Games, and bit. SEEDY, poor, Money-lefs, exhaufted. SERAGLIO, a Bawdy-houfe; fo called from the great Turk's Palace. Seraglietto, a loufy, vile, sorry Bawdy-house, a meer Dog-hole. SET, as Dead Set, a Term ufed by Thiefcatchers, when they have a Certainty of feizing fome of their Clients, in order to bring them to Juftice. SETTERS, or Setting Dogs, they that draw in Bubbles, for old Gametters to rook; alfo a Serjeant's Yeoman, or Bailiff's Follower, or Second. Alfo an Excife Officer. To SETTLE, to ftun, or knock down ; as, We fettled the Cull by a Stoter on his Nab; i. e. We took him fuch a Biow on the Head, as quite ftunn'd him. To cut a SHABBY, in poor forry Rigging. SHABBEROON, a Ragamuffin. SHAB'D Off, fneak'd, or fled away. SHAG Bag, a poor fhabby Fellow. SHAM, a Cheat, or Trick. Sham; To play a Rogue's Trick. SHAMBLE-Legg'd, one that goes wide, and fhuffies his Feet about. Shake your Shambles; hafte, be-gone. SHAPPEAU, or Shappo, for Chappeau, F. a Hat. SHARPER, a Cheat, one that lives by his Wits. SHARPERS Tools, falfe Dice. SHAVER. A cunning Shaver; a fubtle, Imart Fellow. He Shaves clofe; He gripes, fqueezes, or extorts very feverely. SHAVINGS, the Chippings of Money. SHE-Napper, a Woman Thief-catcher; also a Hen-bawd, or Procurefs; a Debaucher of young Virgins; a Maiden-head-jobber. SHOP, a Prison. SHOP Lift, one that Steals under Pretence of cheap'ning. SHUFFLER, or Shuffling Fellore, a flippery fhifting Fellow. SHURK, a Shark or Sharper. SICE, Six pence. To SILENT a Man, to knock him down, fo as to ftun him: To lay him down for dead. See the Cull is filent, is also used by defperate Villains, for cutting the Throat, or fhooting the unhappy Perfon who falls in their way. SILK Snatchers, a Set of Varlets, who fnatch Hoods, Scarves, Handkerchiefs, or any Thing they can come at. SIMKIN, a Fool. SIMON, Six-pence. SINGLE-Ten, a very foolish, filly Fellow. SIR JOHN, the Country-Vicar or Parfon. SIR TIMOTHY, one that treats every Body, and pays the Reckonings every where. SKEW, a Beggar's wooden Dish. SKIN Flint, a griping, tharping, clofefifted Fellow. SKINKER, that fills the Glafs or Cup. Who Skinks? Who pours out the Liquor. SKIP-Jacks, Youngsters that ride Horfes for Sale. SLAT, a Sheet. SLATE, a half Crown; alfo the fame as Slat. SLEEPING House, without Shop, Warehouse or Cellar, only for a private Family. SLOUCH. See Zlouch. SLUBBER-Degullion, a flovenly, dirty, nafty Fellow. SLUR, a Cheat at Dice; alfo a flight Scandal or Affront. SLY-Boots, a feeming filly, but fubtle Fellow. SMACKING Cove, a Coachman. To SMASH, to quell, to beat or abufe violently, to kill. SMASH, to fmite or kick down Stairs. The Chubs tout the Blofjes, they smash them, and make them brush; The Sharpers catch their Miftreffes at the Tavern, making merry without them, kick them down Stairs, and force them to rub off. SMEARER, a Painter, or Plaisterer, Er. SMELLING-Cheat, a Nose-gay; alfo an Orchard or Garden. SMELTS, Half Guineas. SMITER, an Arm. To SMOKE, to fufpect or smell a Defign. It is fmok'd, It is made publick, all have Notice. SMOKER, a Tobacconist. SMOKY, Jealous, as, He is a fmoky Cull ; He is a fufpicious Fellow. SMUG, a Blacksmith. SMUG SMUGGLING-KEN, a Bawdy house. ·SMUTTY, Bawdy. SNACK, Share or Part. To go Snacks. To go Halves, or Share and Share alike. To SNABBLE, to rifle, to ftrip, or plunder. To Snabble a Poll, to run away with a Peruke or Head-drefs. To SNAFFLE, to fteal, to rob, to purJoin. A Snaffler of Prancers; a HorseStealer. Snaffle, is alfo a Highwayman that has got a Booty. SNAPT, taken, caught. SNEAK. He goes upon the Sneak at Darkmans, He privately gets into Houfes or Shops at Night and steals undiscovered. A SNEAKING Budge, one that robs alone, and deals chiefly in petty Larcenies. To SNIC, to cut. To SNILCH, to eye or fee any Body. The Cuil Snilches; the Man eyes or fees you. SNIP, a Cheat; To frip, to cheat. SNITCH, or Snitchel, a Filip on the Nofe. SNITE, to wipe, or flap. Snite bis Snitch; wipe his Nofe, or give him a good Flap on the Face. SNOUT, a Hogfhead. SNOW-Broth, Snow-water. SNUDGE, one that lurks under a Bed, to watch an Opportunity to rob the House. SNUG: All's frug; All's quiet, ufed by Villains, when every thing is filent, and they hear no body ftir to oppofe their intended Rogueries. SOCK, a Pocket. Not a Rag in my Sock; SOLDIERS-Bottle, a large one. SON of Venus, a Lover of Women. A SOUL, one that loves Brandy. SOULDIER's- Mawnd, a counterfeit Sore • Wound in the left Arm. SOUSE. Not a Soufe, not a Penny. From To SOUSE, to fall upon, to beat cruelly; SOUTH-SEA, a ftrong diftill'd Liquor, fo called by the Inhabitants and Clients of Newgate, &c. SOUTH SEA Mountain, Geneva. SOWSE Crown, a Fool. To SOWR, to beat violently, &c. As, SPANGLES, Ends of Gold or Silver. SPANISH-Gout, the Pox. SPANISH-Money, fair Words and Com pliments. SPANKS, Money, Gold or Silver. SPECKT Wiper, a coloured Handker- To SPIRIT Away, the fame as Kidnap. SPLITTER of Caufes, a Lawyer. To SPRING a Partridge, to draw a Per- SQUAB, a very fat, trufs Perfon; a new SQUAWL, a Voice; as, The cove has a bien Squawl; The Fellow has a good Voice. To SQUEEK, to difcover, or impeach; alfo to cry out. They fqueek Beef upon us; They cry out Highwaymen or Thieves after The Cull fquceks; The Rogues peaches. SQUEEKER, a Bar-boy; alfo a Battard, or any other Child. Stifle the Squeeker; Murder the Child, and throw it into a House of Office. us. SQUEEZING of Wax, being bound for any Body; alfo fealing of Writings. SQUINTE Fuego, one that squints very much. SQUIRE of Alfatia, a Man of Fortune, drawn in, cheated, and ruin'd by a Pack of poor, lowly, fpunging Fellows, that lived (formerly) in White- Fryars. The Squire, a Sir Timothy Treat all; alfo a Sap-Pate." A fat Squire; A rich Fool. SQUIRISH, foolish; alfo one that pretends to pay all Reckonings, and is not ftrong enough in the Pocket. STAG, a Term (inverting Qualities) used for an Enemy, a Purfuer; as, I jpy a Stag, ufed by that notorious young Robber, Jack Shepherd, when he firft faw the Turnkey of Newgate, who purfu'd and took him after his first Efcape from the Condemned Hold. STALE eft, old, dull. STALE Maid, at her laft Prayers. STALLING, making or ordaining. To STAM Fleb, to Cant; as, The Cully STAMMEL, or Strammel, a brawny, STAMPS, Legs. STAR 1 STARTER, a Question; also a Flincher. I am no Starter; I shan't flinch, or cry to go home. STICK Flams, a Pair of Gloves. STINGO, humming, ftrong Liquor. STITCH Back, very Strong Aie. STOCK Drawers, Stockings. STONE Dead, quite dead. STONE Doublet, a Prison. STOP; as, I bave Sopt bis Blubber, I have ftopt his Mouth. STOP Hole Abbey, the Nick name of the chief Rendezvous of the Canting Crew of Gypfies, Beggars, Cheats, Thieves, &c. STOTER, a great Blow. Stoter bim, or, Tip him a Stater; Settle him; give him a 1winging Blow. STUBBLE It; Hold your Tongue. STUDING Ken, the fame as Stalling Ka. Which fee. SUCK, Wine or ftrong Drink. This is ran Suck; It is excellent Tipple. We'll go zá Suck our Faces; but if they toute us, w take Rattle, and brush; Let's go to drink and be merry; but if we be smelt by the Pro of the House, we must scowre off. Hei to fuck bis Face; He delights in Drinking. SUCKY, drunkish, maudling, Half-Sc over. SUIT and Cloak, good Store of Brandy any agreeable Liquor. SUN burnt, clapt. SUNNY Bank, a good, roufing Winter Fire. SUPERNACULUM, not fo much as a STOW, i. e. You have faid enough. Stow you, bene Cove; Hold your Peace, good Fel-Drop left to be poured upon the Thumb-nail, low. Stow your Whids and plant them; for the Cove of the Ken can cant them; Take care what you fay, for the Man of the House underftands you. STRAPPING, lying with a Wench. STRAPPING Lafs, a fwinging handed Woman. STRETCHING, hanging. He two will fo cleverly was the Liquor tipt off. SWADDLERS, Rogues, who, not content to rob and plunder, beat and barbarosfy abufe, and often murder the Paffengers. Hence, To Swaddle; To beat luftily with Hea Cane, &c. fireich for it; He will be hang'd. meet. man. SWAG, a Shop. Ram Swag; Fall of rich Goods. To SWAGGER, to vapour or bounce. dexterous, clever: As, Sweat's your Hand, faid of one who has the Knack of stealing by Slight of Hand. Strike the Cull; Beg of that GentleStrike the Cloy; get the Fellow's Mo-pert, He bas ftruck the Quidds; ney from him. He has got the Money from him. He frikes every Body; He borrows Money every where, he runs in every one's Debt. To STRIP, to rob or gut a Houfe, to un. rig any Body, or to bite them of their Money. SWEETNERS, Guinea-droppers, Cheats, Sharpers. To fweeten; To decoy, drawn To be fweet upen; To coax, in, and bite. wheedle, entice or allure. SWIG, a Draught of Liquor; Te frig it off; to drink it all up. To STRIP the Ken; To gut the Houfe. SWIG-Men, carrying fmall HaberdasheryTo STRIP the Table; To win all the Money on the Place. We bave fiript the Wares about, pretending to fell them, to coCull; We have got all the Fool's Money.lour their Roguery. Fellows crying Old Shoes, The Cove's Stript; The Rogue has not a Jack left to help himself. STROMMEL, Straw, or Hair, as, She bath good Store of Strommel on her Nob. STROWLERS, Vagabonds, Itinerants, Men of no fettled Abode, of a precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune, fuch as Gypfies, Beg. gars, Pedlars, Hawkers, Mountetanks, Fidlers, Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Jug. lers, Tumblers, Shewers of Tricks, and Rarec-fhow-men. Boots, or Brooms; and those pretending to buy Old Suits, Hats or Cloaks, are alfo called Swig-Men, and oftentimes, if an Opportunity offers, make all Fish that comes to the Net. SWINDGING-Clap, Swindging Fellow; Swindging Lye, a very great one. To SWINGE one off, to beat him foundly. T T STROWLING Morts, who, pretending ACKLE, a Miftrefs; alfo good Cloaths. to be Widows, often travel the Countries, The Cull bas tipt bis Tackle Rum-rigging, making Lace upon Yews, Beggars-tape, &c. Are light fingered, fubtle, hypocritical, or bas tipt bis Blofs Rum Tackle; The keepcruel, and often dangerous to meet, especiallying Coxcomb has given his Mistress very fine when a Ruffier is with them. STRUM, a Perriwig. Rum Strum, A long Wig. Strumpet. Cloaths. TAKE the Culls in, Seize the Men in order to rob them. TALE-Tellers, a fort of Servants in ose with 1 with the great Men in Ireland, to lull them afleep with Stories of a Cock and a Bull, &c. TALESMAN; as, I tell you my Tale and my Talesman, or Author. TALL Boy, a Pottle or two Quart Pot. TALLY-Men, Brokers that let out Cloaths to wear per Week, Month, or Year. See Rabbet Suckers. TAP, a Blow, a fmall Tap, &c. TAPE, Red or White Geneva, Anifeed, Clove Water, fo called by Canters and Villains, and the Renters of the Tap, &c. in Newgate, and other Prifons. TAPLASH, wretched, forry Drink, or Hogwash. TART Dames, fharp, quick, pert. TARTAR, a notorious Rogue or Sharper, who flicks not to rob his brother Rogue. Hence To catch a Tartar, faid, among the Canting Varlets, when a Rogue attacks one that he thinks a Paffenger, but proves to be of this Clafs of Villains, who in his Turn having overcome the Affailant, robs, plunders, and binds him. THREE Legged Stool, or Three legged Mare, Tyburn. THREE Threads, half common Ale, and half Stout or double Beer. THREPPS, Three-pence. THROTTLE, Throat or Gullet; He fixed bis Throttle, i. e. He took him by the Throat. THRUMS. Three-pence. Tip me Thrums; Lend me Three-pence. THUMMIKINS, a Punishment (in Scot TATTER-De-Mallion, a tattered Beg-land) by hard fqueezing or preffing of the gar, fometimes half naked, with Defign to move Charity, having better Cloaths at Home. In Tatters, in Rags. Tattered and Torn, rent and torn. TATTLE, or Tattler, an Alarum, or ftriking Watch; or indeed any other Watch. TATS, falle Dice. TAT Monger, a Sharper or Cheat, ufing falfe Dice. TAUDRY, garish, gawdy, with lace, or mifmatch'd and flaring Colours: A Term borrow'd from those Times when they tricked and bedecked the Shrines and Altars of the Saints, as being at Emulation with each other upon that Occafion. The Votaries of St. Audery (an Isle of Ely Saint) exceeding all the reft in the Drefs and Equipage of their Altar, it grew into a By-word, upon any thing very gawdy, that it was All Taudry, as much as to fay, All St. Audery. TAYLE, a Sword. TAYLE Drawers, Sword Stealers. The fame as Wiper Drawers. He drew the Cull's Tayle rumly, He whipt away the Gentlemans Sword cleverly. TEAGUE-Land, Ireland. TEMPLE Pickling, the Pumping of Bailiffs, Bums, Setters, Pick-Pockets, &c. TENDER Parnel, a very nicely educated Creature, apt to catch cold on the leaft Puff of Wind. TERCEL Gentle, a Knight or Gentleman of a good Estate; alfo any rich Man. TERRA Firma, an Estate in Land; Has the Cull any Terra Firma ? Has the Fool got any Land. In Thumbs, to extort Confeffion, which stretches fame Intent. THWACK, to beat with a Stick or Cudgel. TIB, a young Lafs. TIB of the Buttery, a Goose. TICK, as to run on Tick; To go on the Score, or Trust. TICKLE Pitcher, a Tofspot, or Potcompanion. A lewd Man or Woman. TICKRUM, a Licence. TIFFING, lying with a Wench, allo Drinking. TILTER, a Sword; to Tilt, to fight with a Rapier. Run a Tilt, a fwift Pursuit. TINT for Tant, Hit for Hit, Dash for Dafh. TIP, to give or lend. Tip your Lour or Cole, or I'll mill ye, Give me your Money, or I'll kill ye. Tip the Culls a Sock for they are farcy, Knock down the Men for refifing. Tip the Cole to Adam Tiler, Give your Pick pocket Money presently to your running Comrade. Tip the Mish, Give me the Shirt. Tip me a Hog, Lend me a Shilling. Tip it all off, Drink it all off at a Draught Don't spoil bis Tip, Don't baulk his Draught. A Tub of good Tip, (for Tipple) a Cask of strong Drink. To tip off, alfo fignifies to die. TIPLER, a Fuddle-cap, or Tofspot. TIT, a Horfe, alfo a young prim Lass. TITTER |