Money. The ribbon runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. Blue ribbon. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbon; the silly fellow drinks common gin.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Money (cant)

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their pockets, which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob; and running away, their accomplices (pretending to assist and pity the half-blinded person) took that opportunity of plundering him.

To amuse: To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed; also to invent some plausible tale, to delude shop-keepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard. CANT.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.