to nose
To give evidence. To inform. His pall nosed and he was twisted for a crack; his confederate turned king’s evidence, and he was hanged for burglary.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
To give evidence. To inform. His pall nosed and he was twisted for a crack; his confederate turned king’s evidence, and he was hanged for burglary.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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