Requiescat in Pace) on the top of a tombstone as one word, said, soliloquising, "Rip! The idle, the vagrant, and the criminal outcasts of society, caught an idea from the so called Egyptians—soon corrupted to Gipseys. Attractive fashionable man in modern parlance. Forking was the newest method, and it consisted in thrusting the fingers stiff and open into the pocket, and then quickly closing them and extracting any article. I. e., how much have you got?
MANG, or Maung, to beg. The goose swallows the bait, and is quietly landed and bagged. DROP, to quit, go off, or turn aside; "DROP the main Toby, " go off the main road. Why not at once by the writer of the present brilliant sketch?
De yer see old DIZZY doing a stump? " Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm License as specified in paragraph 1. NEW DICTIONARY of the Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew in its several tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Thieves, Cheats, &c., with an addition of some Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c., by B. Gent, 12mo. These themes are Romantic, Outrageous and Classic dress. Attractive fashionable man in modern parlance crossword. With a knowing look at the horses' points, she gave her decision in these choice words, "Well, I agree with you; they are a rum lot, as the Devil said of the ten commandments. Other words are used in street language for a similarly evasive purpose, i. e., CAT, GREENS, TATUR, &c., all equally profane and disgusting. GAMMY-VIAL (Ville), a town where the police will not let persons hawk. GILLS, shirt collars.
CAKE, a flat, a soft or doughy person, a fool. Usually enumerated among Greene's works, but it is only a reprint, with variations, of Harman's Caveat, and of which Rowland complains in his Martin Markall. PAL, a partner, or relation. Decker followed fifty years afterwards, but helped himself, evidently, to his predecessor's labours. Motherwell, the Scotch poet, thought the old word NIM (to snatch or pick up) was derived from nam, nam, the tiny words or cries of an infant, when eating anything which pleases its little palate. TURNOVER, an apprentice who finishes with a second master the indentures he commenced with the first. P's AND Q's, particular points, precise behaviour; "mind your P'S AND Q'S, " be very careful. BUFFER, a familiar expression for a jolly acquaintance, probably from the French, BOUFFARD, a fool or clown; a "jolly old BUFFER, " said of a good humoured or liberal old man. POKERS, the Cambridge slang term for the Esquire Bedels, who carry the silver maces (also called POKERS) before the Vice-Chancellor. GRIDDLER, a person who sings in the streets without a printed copy of the words. When any dreadful murder, colliery explosion, or frightful railway accident has happened in a country district, three or four chaunters are generally on the spot in a day or two after the occurrence, vending and bawling "A True and Faithful Account, " &c., which "true and faithful account" was concocted purely in the imaginations of the successors of Catnach and Tommy Pitts, 58 behind the counters of their printing shops in Seven Dials. Blowing up, a jobation, a scolding. What are you going to do?
BUNG, to give, pass, hand over, drink, or indeed to perform any action; BUNG UP, to close up—Pugilistic; "BUNG over the rag, " hand over the money—Old, used by Beaumont and Fletcher, and Shakespere. Figure-head, a person's face. 183) has gone so far as to remark, that a person "shall not read one single parliamentary debate, as reported in a first-class newspaper, without meeting scores of Slang words;" and "that from Mr. Speaker in his chair, to the Cabinet Ministers whispering behind it—from mover to seconder, from true blue Protectionist to extremest Radical—Mr. PEGGE'S (Samuel) Anecdotes of the English Language, chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and Environs, 8vo. Very common even in educated society, but hardly admissible in writing, and therefore must be considered a vulgarism. QUEER, "to QUEER a flat, " to puzzle or confound a "gull" or silly fellow. With our crossword solver search engine you have access to over 7 million clues. SMUDGE, to smear, obliterate, daub. The subject is curious. —Vide Mornings at Bow Street.
"I will not weary you by further examples, with which most of you are better acquainted than I am myself but merely express my satisfaction that there should exist bodies of men who will bring the well-considered and understood wants of science before the public and the Government, who will even hand round the begging-box, and expose themselves to refusals and rebuffs, to which all beggars all liable, with the certainty besides of being considered great BORES. SHINEY RAG, "to win the SHINEY RAG, " to be ruined, —said in gambling, when any one continues betting after "luck has set in against him. On a day-to-day basis, our clothing choices reveal clues about our personalities and the way we wish to interact with the world around us. Believed to have been first used in the Adelphi play-bills; "a SCREAMING farce, " one calculated to make the audience scream with laughter. Mayhew says that many of the most expressive street terms in every day use by London and provincial vagabonds are derived from the Jew Fences. COTTON'S (Charles) Genuine Poetical Works, 12mo. This piece of wood is locally termed a bucket, and so by a coarse metaphor the phrase came to signify to die. Whims and fancies were formerly termed MAGGOTS, from the popular belief that a maggot in the brain was the cause of any odd notion or caprice a person might exhibit. KNIFE, "to KNIFE a person, " to stab, an un-English but now-a-days a very common expression. FLY THE KITE, to evacuate from a window, —term used in padding kens, or low lodging houses. TIP, a douceur; also to give, lend, or hand over anything to another person; "come, TIP up the tin, " i. e., hand up the money; "TIP the wink, " to inform by winking; "TIP us your fin, " i. e., give me your hand; "TIP one's boom off, " to make off, depart. Masque of the Gipsies Metamorphosed, 4to.
BOUNCER, a person who steals whilst bargaining with a tradesman; a lie. SAWNEY, or SANDY, a Scotchman. BULL, a crown piece; formerly, BULL'S EYE. BUSTLE, money; "to draw the BUSTLE. BEAKER-HUNTER, a stealer of poultry. SALT BOX, the condemned cell in Newgate. It is given in Dodsley's Old Plays. KNAPPING-JIGGER, a turnpike-gate; "to dub at the KNAPPING-JIGGER, " to pay money at the turnpike. CHEAP, "doing it on the CHEAP, " living economically, or keeping up a showy appearance with very little means.