BREAD. Employment. Out of bread; out of employment. In bad bread; in a disagreeable scrape, or situation. BREAD BASKET. The stomach; a term used by boxers. I took him a punch in his bread basket; i.e. I gave him a blow in the stomach. BREAST FLEET. He or she belongs to the breast fleet; i.e. is a Roman catholic; an appellation derived from their custom of beating their breasts in the confession of their sins. BREECHED. Money in the pocket: the swell is well breeched, let's draw him; the gentleman has plenty of money in his pocket, let us rob him. BREECHES. To wear the breeches; a woman who governs her husband is said to wear the breeches. BREECHES BIBLE. An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves together, and made themselves breeches. BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. BRIDGE. To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass; to pass one over. Also to play booty, or purposely to avoid winning. BRIM. (Abbreviation of Brimstone.) An abandoned woman; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible woman, compared to brimstone for its inflammability. BRISKET BEATER. A Roman catholic. SEE BREAST FLEET, and CRAW THUMPER. BRISTOL MILK. A Spanish wine called sherry, much drunk at that place, particularly in the morning. BRISTOL MAN. The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore. BRITISH CHAMPAIGNE. Porter. BROGANIER. One who has a strong Irish pronunciation or accent. BROGUE. A particular kind of shoe without a heel, worn in Ireland, and figuratively used to signify the Irish accent. BROTHER OF THE BLADE. A soldier BUSKIN. A player. BUNG. A brewer QUILL. An author. STRING. A fiddler. WHIP. A coachman. BROTHER STARLING. One who lies with the same woman, that is, builds in the same nest. BROUGHTONIAN. A boxer: a disciple of Broughton, who was a beef-eater, and once the best boxer of his day. BROWN BESS. A soldier's firelock. To hug brown Bess; to carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier. BROWN GEORGE. An ammunition loaf, A wig without powder; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty. BROWN MADAM, or MISS BROWN. The monosyllable. BROWN STUDY. Said of one absent, in a reverie, or thoughtful. BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing also an inferior workman among chasers. BREWES, or BROWES. The fat scum from the pot in which salted beef is boiled. TO BRUSH. To run away. Let us buy a brush and lope; let us go away or off. To have a brush with a woman; to lie with her. To have a brush with a man; to fight with him. The cove cracked the peter and bought a brush; the fellow broke open the trunk, and then ran away. BRUSHER. A bumper, a full glass. See BUMPER. BUB. Strong beer.