A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibilities, to be put to shifts for want of money. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off a church.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

To drink up. To empty a glass or pot.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Almost drunk.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Going out in the night in search of intrigues, like a cat in the gutters.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.