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ARTICLE. Man. "You're a pretty article." A term of contempt.
ARTICLES. A suit of clothes.
ARTIST. An adroit rogue.
ASSAY. Go on; commence; try it.
ATTLEBOROUGH. Not genuine; made to imitate. At the town of Attleborough jewelry is manufactured from the baser metals, or so alloyed as to deceive those who are not good judges of the genuine article.
AUTUM. A church.
AUTUM-BAWLER. A parson.
AUTUM-CACKLER. A married woman.
AUTUM-COVE. A married man.
AUTUM-DIVERS. Pickpockets who practise in churches.
AUTUM-JET. A parson.
AUTUMED. Married.
AWAKE. To know; to let know.
BABY PAPS. Caps.
BACONNING. A fat round face; a full pale face.
BADGER. A panel thief; a fellow who robs a man's pocket after he has been enticed into bed with a woman; to torment.
BAG OF NAILS. Every thing in confusion.
BAGGED. Imprisoned.
BALL. Prison allowance.
BALLUM-RANCUM. A ball where all the dancers are thieves and prostitutes.
BALSAM. Money.
BAM. A lie; to bamboozle; humbug.
BANDERO. A widow's weeds.
BANDOG. A civil officer.
BANGUP. The best; very fine; height of the fashion.
BAPTIZED. Liquor that has been watered.
BARDY. A sixpence.
BARKER. One who patrols the streets for customers in front of his employer's shop; vide Chatham street.
BARKING. Shooting.
BARKING-IRONS. Pistols.
BARNACLES. A good booty; a pair of spectacles; hand-cuffs.
BARREL FEVER. Delirium tremens.
BASTER. A house-thief.
BAT. A prostitute who walks the streets only at night.
BAZAAR. A counter.
BEAK. A magistrate; a judge.
BEAKQUERE. A sharp, strict magistrate who is attentive to his duty.
BEANS. Five-dollar gold-pieces.
BEAT. Get the best of him; "Beat the flat;" rob the man.
BEATER-CASES. } BEATERS. } Boots.
BEAU-TRAPS. Well-dressed sharpers; fortune-hunters.
BELCHER TIE. A flashy neckerchief.
BEN. A vest.
BENDER. A spree; a drunken frolic.
BENE. Good; first rate.
BENE-BOUSE. Good drink.
BENE-COVE. A good man.
BENE-CULL. A good fellow.
BENE-DARKMAN. Good night.
BENEN-COVE. A better man.
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