stash
Monday, June 30th, 2008To stop. To finish. To end. The cove tipped the prosecutor fifty quid to stash the business; he gave the prosecutor fifty guineas to stop the prosecution.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Archive for June, 2008
rum cove
Friday, June 27th, 2008A dexterous or clever rogue.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
onion
Thursday, June 26th, 2008A seal. Onion hunters, a class of young thieves who are on the look out for gentlemen who wear their seals suspended on a ribbon, which they cut, and thus secure the seals or other trinkets suspended to the watch.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
garnish
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
filch or filel
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008A beggar’s staff, with an iron hook at the end, to pluck clothes from an hedge, or any thing out of a casement. Filcher; the same as angler. Filching cove; a man thief. Filching mort; a woman thief.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
riff raff
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Low vulgar persons, mob, tag-rag and bob-tail.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
hell cat
Friday, June 20th, 2008A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman. See TERMAGANT and VIXEN.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
heels
Thursday, June 19th, 2008To he laid by the heels; to be confined, or put in prison. Out at heels; worn, or diminished: his estate or affairs are out at heels. To turn up his heels; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
inlaid
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Well inlaid; in easy circumstances, rich or well to pass.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
