Archive for June, 2007

panny

Anne | June 14th, 2007 | No Comments »

A house. To do a panny: to rob a house. Probably, panny originally meant the butler’s pantry, where the knives and forks, spoons, etc. are usually kept. The pigs frisked my panny, and nailed my screws; the officers searched my house, and seized my picklock keys. CANT.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

confect

Anne | June 13th, 2007 | No Comments »

Counterfeited.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

head rails

Anne | June 12th, 2007 | No Comments »

Teeth. (Sea phrase)

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

pinch

Anne | June 11th, 2007 | No Comments »

At a pinch; on an exigency.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.