_Doxies_, c. She-beggers, Trulls, Wenches. Whores, the twenty fifth Rank of _Canters_; being neither, Maids, Wives, nor Widdows, will for good Victuals, or a very small piece of money prostitute their Bodies, protesting they never did so before, and that meer necessity then oblig’d them to it (tho’ common Hackneys). These are very dextrous at picking Pockets (in the action) and so barbarous as often to murder the Children thus got. _Drab_, a Whore, or Slut, a _Dirty drab_, a very nasty Slut. _Drag_, a Fox’s Tail. _Dragg’d_, _through the Horse-pond_ or _Bog-house_. Bailives and Sergeants are served so that presume to arrest any Body within the Verge of the Court-royal, or Precincts of the Inns of Court. _Dragg’d up_, as the _Rakes_ call it, educated or brought up. _Dray_, of Squirrels. _Drawers_, c. Stockings. _Drawing_, Beating the Bushes after the Fox. _Draw-Litches_, c. the fourth (old) Order of the Canting Tribe of Rogues. _Drawling in Speech_, or _dreaming of Speech_ when the Words are drawn out at length, and keep as great a distance from one another, as if they were not all of a Company. _Dreaming Fellow_, a dull, drowsy, heavy Creature. _Drift_, Design, Aim, Intent. _Drill_, to draw in, and entice by degrees; also boring of Pearl. _Dripper_, a sort of Clap, or venereal gleating. _Dripping-weather_, the same with dropping. _Dromedary_, c. a Thief or Rogue, also a kind of Camel with two bunches on his Back. _You are a purple Dromedary_, c. You are a Bungler or a dull Fellow at thieving. _Drommerars_, c. see Domerars. _Droppers_, c. Sweetners. _Drop a cog_, c. to let fall (with design to draw in and cheat) a Piece of Gold; also the piece it self. _Drop-in-his-eye_, almost drunk. _Droop_, to fall away, to pine, to break with Age or Infirmity, _a drooping bird_ that hangs the Wing. _Drovers_, Horse-leaders in Fairs, or Markets, and Graziers or Drivers of Beasts. _Drub_, beat with a stick or Cable-end. _Drudge_, or rather _dredge_, the way of catching Oysters; also a laborious Person. _Drumbelo_, a dull heavy Fellow. _A meer drumbelo_, a very Slug. _Drunk with a continuando_, de die in diem. _Dry blows_, or _dry-basting_ for Rib roasting. _Dry-bob_, a smart or sharp Repartee. _Dry-boots_, a sly, close cunning Fellow. _Dry-drinking_, without a bit of Victuals. _Dry-wine_, a little rough upon, but very grateful to the Palate. _Dry youth_, sharp, close, witty. _Dub_, c. a Pick-lock-key. _Dub, the Giger_, c. open the Door. _We’ll strike it upon the dub_, c. we will rob that Place. _Dubber_, c. a Picker of Locks. _Dub’d_, Knighted. _A Duce_, c. two Pence. _Duck-leggs_, short-leggs. _Dudds_, c. Cloaths or Goods. _Rum dudds_, c. fine or rich cloaths or Goods. _Dudd, Cheats wonne._ c. Cloaths and things stolen. _Abram Cove has wonne (or bit) Rum dudds._ c. the poor Fellow has stolen very costly Cloaths. _Dudgeon_, Anger, Quarrel, Displeasure.