A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.B. E.
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A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.
B. E.
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Romanies -- Languages
_Trunk_, c. a Nose; also the body of a Tree, or Man, without Head, Arms
or Leggs. _How fares your old Trunk?_ c. Does your Nose stand fast?
_Trusty-Trojan_, or _Trusty-Trout_, a sure Friend or Confident.
_Tuck’t_, Hang’d.
_Tumbler_, c. a Cart. _To shove the Tumbler_, c. to be Whipt at the
Cart’s Tail; also one that Decoys, or draws others into Play, and one
that shows Tricks with and without a Hoop; a low Silver Cup to Drink out
of, and a Coney Dog.
_Tup_, Copulation of Ram and Ewe. _Venison out of Tup-park_, Mutton.
_Turk_, any cruel hard-hearted Man.
_Turky-Merchants_, drivers of Turkies.
_Turkish-shore_, Lambeth, Southwark and Roderhith-side of the Water.
_Turkish Treatment_, very sharp or ill dealing in Business.
_Turn-coat_, he that quits one and embraces another Party.
_Turnep-pate_, White or Fair-hair’d.
_Twang_, a smack or ill Taste.
_Tweak_, _in a Tweak_, in a heavy taking, much-vext, or very angry.
_Twelver_, c. a Shilling.
_Twist_, half Tea, half Coffee; also a Bough, and to Eat. _To Twist
lustily_, to Feed like a Farmer.
_Twit_, to hit in the Teeth.
_Twitter_, to Laugh much with little Noise; also to Tremble.
V
_Vagaries_, wild Rambles, extravagant Frolicks.
_Vagrant_, a wandring Rogue, a strolling Vagabond.
_Vain_, Fond.
_Vain-glorious_, or _Ostentatious Man_, one that Pisses more than he
Drinks.
_Valet_, a Servant.
_Vamp_, c. to Pawn any thing; also a Sock. _I’ll Vamp and tip you the
Gole_, c. I’ll Pawn my Cloths, but I’ll raise the Money for you. _To
Vamp_, to new Dress, Licker, Refresh, or Rub up old Hatts, Boots, Shoes,
_&c._
_Vampers_, c. Stockings.
_Varlets_, Rogues, Rascals, _&c._ now tho’ formerly Yeomans Servants.
_Vaudois_, Inhabitants of the Vallies in _Piedmont_, Subject to the Duke
of _Savoy_, fam’d for their frequent Rencounters with and Defeating of
French Parties, intercepting their Provisions, _&c._
_Vault_, an arched Cellar, and House of Office. _She goes to the Vault_,
when a Hare (which is very seldom) takes the Ground like a Coney.
_Vaulting-School_, c. a Bawdy-house; also an Academy where Vaulting, and
other Manly Exercises are Taught.
_Vauntlay_, Hounds or Beagles set in readiness, expecting the Chace to
come by, and then cast off before the rest come in.
_Velvet_, c. a Tongue. _Tip the Velvet_, c. to Tongue a Woman.
_Venary_, or _Venery_, Hunting or Chasing Beasts and Birds of Venery, as,
the Hart, the Hind, the Hare, Boar and Wolf, the Pheasant, the Partridge,
_&c._
_Venison_, whatsoever Beast of the Forest is for the food of Man.
_Vent_, the fundament of Poultry and Fish; also a Bung-hole in a Vessel.
_Vent the Otter_, see _Otter_.
_Vessels_, several Pipes and Conveyances in the body, of the Blood, Seed,
Serum, or Urine, as the Bloud-vessels, Lymphæ-ducts, Spermatick Vessels,
Urinary Vessels, _&c._ Also Kitchin-Utensils, as Pots, Pans, _&c._ And of
other Offices, as Brewing, Washing Churning Vessels, _&c._
_View_, the Treading of a Buck or Fallow Deer.
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