A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass, is frequently called upon by the toast-master to take off his heel-tap.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Effects, furniture; stock in trade. To seize one’s kittys; to take his sticks.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Left-handed.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A man who is a great keeper or rider of hobby horses; one that is apt to be strongly attached to his systems of amusement.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Encroaching.
To move by small degrees : progress slowly (the long line of people inching up the stairs).
A coach drawn by three horses.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
By stealth, privately, without making an appearance. They spent their money in a hugger mugger way.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
To catch the; a trick practiced upon ignorant country boobies, who are decoyed into a barn under pretense of catching an owl, where, after divers preliminaries, the joke ends in their having a pail of water poured upon their heads.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Foolish. A windy fellow; a simple fellow.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
