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Anne | August 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »A seven shilling piece.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A seven shilling piece.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A housebreaker. CANT.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A house. A bob ken, or a bowman ken; a well-furnished house, also a house that harbors thieves. Biting the ken; robbing the house. CANT.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
One who is easily tricked out of his property; a term used by gaolers, for prisoners who have money and bleed freely.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.