[Footnote 3: It was originally called so from the following circumstance. A gentleman passing through some part of the West of England, by accident lost his watch, and a greenhorn hearing it tick imagined it to be some live creature; so with the greatest astonishment carried it to his neighbours, who, equally amazed as himself, (for none of them had ever heard of such a thing as a watch) thought it was some reptile, and so christened it a 'Clickman toad;' and with a view to get a breed of young clickman toads, put it with a real toad; but after making many fruitless trials, they all assembled together and dashed its brains out for madness.] Clink, to nab, to snatch Clockey, a watchman Cloy, to steal Cly or clie, a pocket Coach wheel, a crown piece Cock chafer, a lady bird, a prostitute Cloaker, drop at Newgate Coffee-mill, watchman's rattle Cock, a trump, good fellow Cob, a dollar Cobble colter, a turkey Cog, to cheat with dice Cogue, a glass of gin Colt, one who lets horses to highwaymen Coal-scuttle, a large bonnet Cole, or coal, blunt, money Collector, a highway robber Colguarian, the neck College, the King's Bench or Fleet Prison Commission, a shirt Commission, to shake your, to shake your whole frame Conk, the sneezer, the nose Convenient, a mistress Cooler, a glass of porter Coal-box, chorus of a song Cod, haughty meddling fool Come down, to give, stand treat Come out, worse than very bad, execrable Communicator, bell Conk, the nose Collar, to grab, snatch Cooped in durance vile, to lock up in a gaol Corinth, a brothel Coriander seed, money Corinthians, men of rank Corpus, the body Core, the heart Coppers, halfpence Conveyancers, thieves Costermongers, jackass boys, venders of greens &c. Cove, or covey, a fellow Cove, a receiver of stolen goods Covess of a ken, a female keeper of a brothel Cove, lumber, a person that keeps a place for thieves Cover me decent, a top tog, a great coat Cover me properly, fashionable toggery Cover me queerly, ragged raiment Court-card, a trump Counting-house, Mrs. Jones's, the privy Coxy fuss, billing and cooing Crabb shells, shoes Crack, to break open Cracksman, a housebreaker Crack'd canister, a broken head Cramp-rings, fetters Crammer, a lie Cramp words, sentence of death passed on a criminal Crap, money Crapp'd, hanged Craping curl, an executioner Creeme, to put money in the hands of another Crank, gin and water Crib, to thieve Crib, a ken, a mean looking room Crikey, a word of wonderment Crimp, a decoyer, kidnapper Crony, a companion Cropping, the tail Cross, on the, getting a living by dishonest means Cross fight, a sold battle Cross bite, to cheat a friend Cross the herring pond, transported to Botany-bay Crowdsman, a fiddler Crummy, fat Crusty, vexed, chagrined Cub, a young child Cucumbers, tailors Coffin queer, a magistrate Culch, cag-mag meat, or the refuse of anything Culp, a kick Cup-hot, very drunk