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.
JACK KETCH. The hangman; DERRICK and KETCH.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
An insolent fellow in authority.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A sharper, or cheat. A child in the mother’s womb.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A poor hackney parson.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A farthing, a small bowl serving as the mark for bowlers. An instrument for pulling off boots.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A monstrous or canine appetite.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
