| 18th Century Thieves Cant |
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| Money |
| Money : Coinage |
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| BAUBEE | Halfpenny; as The Cove ript the Maund but a single Baubee lets souse him for it i.e. The Gentleman has given the Beggar but a single Halfpenny; lets plunder him for his Niggardliness. | 1737 |
| BAWBEE | A halfpenny. Scotch. | 1811 |
| BEAN | A guinea. Half bean; half a guinea. | 1811 |
| BEAN | a guinea. | 1819 |
| BENDER | a sixpence. | 1819 |
| BOB | A shilling. | 1811 |
| BOB or BOBSTICK | a shilling. | 1819 |
| BORDE | Shilling, Half a Borde, Six-pence. | 1737 |
| BORDE | A shilling. A half borde; a sixpence. | 1811 |
| BRADS | halfpence; also, money in general. | 1819 |
| BULL | A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown. | 1811 |
| BULL | a crown, or five shillings. | 1819 |
| BULLS EYE | A crown-piece. | 1811 |
| BULLS-EYE | Crown or Five Shilling Piece. | 1737 |
| COACH WHEEL | A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel, and a crown piece a hind coach wheel; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones. | 1811 |
| COACH-WHEEL | A Fore-Coach-Wheel Half a Crown. A Hind-Coach-Wheel, a Crown or Five-shilling Piece. | 1737 |
| COACH-WHEEL | a dollar or crown-piece. | 1819 |
| COB | Irish Dollar. | 1737 |
| COB | A Spanish dollar. | 1811 |
| CRIPPLE | Sixpence; that piece being commonly much bent and distorted. | 1811 |
| CROKER | Groat or Fourpence. The Cull tipt me a Croker, the Fellow gave me a Groat. | 1737 |
| CROKER | A groat, or four pence. | 1811 |
| CROOK | Sixpence. | 1811 |
| CROOK | a sixpence. | 1819 |
| CROOK BACK | Sixpence; for the reason of this name, see CRIPPLE. | 1811 |
| DACE | Two-pence; Tip me a Dace, Lend me Two-pence, or pay so much for me | 1737 |
| DACE | Two pence. Tip me a dace; lend me two pence. CANT. | 1811 |
| DECUS | Crown or Five Shilling Piece. | 1737 |
| DEWS WINS, or DEUX WINS | Two-pence. Cant. | 1811 |
| DEWS-WINS | or Deux-wins; Two-pence | 1737 |
| DUCE | Two pence. | 1737 |
| DUCE | Two-pence. | 1811 |
| DUCE | Twopence is called a duce. | 1819 |
| FADGE | a farthing. | 1819 |
| FIVE SHILLINGS | The sign of five shillings, i.e. the crown. Fifteen shillings; the sign of the three crowns. | 1811 |
| FLAG | A groat. CANT.--The flag of defiance, or bloody flag is out; signifying the man is drunk, and alluding to the redness of his face. SEA PHRASE. | 1811 |
| GEORGE | Half-Crown piece. | 1737 |
| GEORGE | Yellow George; a guinea. Brown George: an ammunition loaf. | 1811 |
| GRIG | Farthing; A merry Grig, a merry Fellow. | 1737 |
| GRIG | A farthing. A merry grig; a fellow as merry as a grig: an allusion to the apparent liveliness of a grig, or young eel. | 1811 |
| GROCERY | half-pence, or copper coin, in a collective sense. | 1819 |
| HALF A BEAN, HALF A QUID | half-a-guinea. | 1819 |
| HALF A BULL | half-a-crown. | 1819 |
| HALF A HOG | Six-Pence. | 1737 |
| HALF A HOG | Sixpence. | 1811 |
| HALF AN OUNCE | Half a Crown. | 1737 |
| HALFBORD | Six-Pence. | 1737 |
| HEARTS-EASE | Twenty Shilling Piece. | 1737 |
| HOG | Shilling; You Darkman Budge, will you Fence your Hog at the next Boozing Ken? you House-Creeper, will you spend your Shilling at the next Ale-house. | 1737 |
| HOG | A shilling. To drive ones hogs; to snore: the noise made by some persons in snoring, being not much unlike the notes of that animal. He has brought his hogs to a fine market; a saying of any one who has been remarkably successful in his affairs, and is spoken ironically to signify the contrary. A hog in armour; an awkward or mean looking man or woman, finely dressed, is said to look like a hog in armour. To hog a horses mane; to cut it short, so that the ends of the hair stick up like hogs bristles. | 1811 |
| HUSKY-LOUR | Jobe, or Guinea. | 1737 |
| HUSKYLOUR | A guinea, or job. Cant. | 1811 |
| ILL FORTUNE | Nine-pence. | 1737 |
| JACK | Farthing; He woud not tip me a Jack, Not a Farthing woud he give me. | 1737 |
| JACK | A farthing, a small bowl serving as the mark for bowlers. An instrument for pulling off boots. | 1811 |
| JOB | A guinea. | 1811 |
| JOBE | Guinea, Twenty Shillings, or a Piece. Half a Jobe, Half a Guinea. | 1737 |
| JOGUE | a shilling; five jogue is five shillings, and so on, to any other number. | 1819 |
| KICK | Six-pence: Two, Three, Four, etc. and a Kick; Two, Three, Four, etc. Shillings and Six-pence. | 1737 |
| KICK | a sixpence, when speaking of compound sums only, as, three and a kick, is three and sixpence, &c, | 1819 |
| LOON-SLATE | Thirteen-pence Half-penny. | 1737 |
| LOONSLATE | Thirteen pence halfpenny. | 1811 |
| MAG | a halfpenny. | 1819 |
| MAGG | A halfpenny. | 1811 |
| MAKE | Half-penny. | 1737 |
| MAKE | A halfpenny. CANT. | 1811 |
| MOPUS | Half-penny or Farthing. | 1737 |
| PIG | Six-pence. The Cull tipt me a Pig, The Man gave me Six pence. | 1737 |
| PIG | Sixpence, a sows baby. Pig-widgeon; a simpleton. To pig together; to lie or sleep together, two or more in a bed. Cold pig; a jocular punishment inflicted by the maid seryants, or other females of the house, on persons lying over long in bed: it consists in pulling off all the bed clothes, and leaving them to pig or lie in the cold. To buy a pig in a poke; to purchase any thing without seeing. Pigs eyes; small eyes. Pigsnyes; the same: a vulgar term of endearment to a woman. He can have boiled pig | 1811 |
| QUID | a guinea. | 1819 |
| RAG | Farthing. Not a Rag left; I have lost or spent all my Money. | 1737 |
| RAG | Bank notes. Money in general. The cove has no rag; the fellow has no money. | 1811 |
| RAG | A farthing. | 1811 |
| RIDGE | A guinea. Ridge cully; a goldsmith. CANT. | 1811 |
| SCREEN | A bank note. Queer screens; forged bank notes. The cove was twisted for smashing queer screens; the fellow was hanged for uttering forged bank notes. | 1811 |
| SCREEN | a bank-note. | 1819 |
| SCROPE | A farthing. CANT. | 1811 |
| SHE LION | A shilling. | 1811 |
| SICE | Six-pence. | 1737 |
| SICE | Sixpence. | 1811 |
| SIGN OF THE: FIVE SHILLINGS | The crown. TEN SHILLINGS. The two crowns. FIFTEEN SHILLINGS. The three crowns. | 1811 |
| SIMON | Six-pence. | 1737 |
| SIMON | Sixpence. Simple Simon: a natural, a silly fellow; Simon Suck-egg, sold his wife for an addle duck-egg. | 1811 |
| SLATE | Half Crown; also the same as Slot. | 1737 |
| SMELTS | Half-Guineas. | 1737 |
| SMELTS | Half guineas. CANT. | 1811 |
| SPANGLE | A seven shilling piece. | 1811 |
| SPANGLE | a seven-shilling piece. | 1819 |
| STRANGER | A guinea. | 1811 |
| STRIKE | Twenty shillings. CANT. | 1811 |
| SYEBUCK | Sixpence. | 1811 |
| TANNER | A sixpence. The kiddey tipped the rattling cove a tanner for luck; the lad gave the coachman sixpence for drink. | 1811 |
| TANNER | a sixpence. Three and a tanner, is three and sixpence, &c. | 1819 |
| TESTER | A sixpence: from TESTON, a coin with a head on it. | 1811 |
| THIRTEENER | A shilling in Ireland, which there passes for thirteen pence. | 1811 |
| THREPPS | Three-pence. | 1737 |
| THREPS | Threepence. | 1811 |
| THRUMS | Three Pence. Tip me Thrums; Lend me Three Pence. | 1737 |
| THRUMS | Threepence. | 1811 |
| THRUMS, THRUMBUSKINS or THRUM-MOP | three pence. | 1819 |
| TILBUKY | Sixpence; so called from its formerly being the fare for Crossing over from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort. | 1811 |
| TILBURY | a sixpence. | 1819 |
| TIZZY | Sixpence. | 1811 |
| TRES-WINS | Three Pence. | 1737 |
| TRESWINS | Threepence. | 1811 |
| TROOPER | half Crown. | 1737 |
| TWELVER | Shilling. | 1737 |
| TWELVER | A shilling. | 1811 |
| WHORES CURSE | A piece of gold coin, value five shillings and three pence, frequently given to women of the town by such as professed always to give gold, and who before the introduction of those pieces always gave half a guinea. | 1811 |
| WIN | Penny. | 1737 |
| WIN | A penny, | 1811 |
| WIN or WINCHESTER | a penny. | 1819 |
| WYN | See WIN. | 1811 |
| YELLOW BOYS | Guineas. | 1811 |
| YELLOW-BOY | Guinea, or Piece of Gold of any Coin. | 1737 |
| Money : General Terms for Money |
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| BALSAM | Money. | 1811 |
| BALSOM | Money: The Cove has secured the Balsom, i.e. He has seized the Money. | 1737 |
| BIT | Money. He grappled the culls bit; he seized the mans money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica, equal to about sixpence sterling. | 1811 |
| BIT | money in general. | 1819 |
| BLUNT | Money. Cant. | 1811 |
| BLUNT | money. | 1819 |
| BUNCE | money. | 1819 |
| BUSTLE | a cant term for money. | 1819 |
| CHINK | Money, so calld because it chinks in the Pocket. | 1737 |
| CHINK | Money. | 1811 |
| CLY | Money; also a pocket. He has filed the cly; he has picked a pocket. CANT. | 1811 |
| COLE | Money. | 1737 |
| COLE | Money. Post the cole: pay down the money. | 1811 |
| COLIANDER, or CORIANDER SEEDS | Money. | 1811 |
| CRAP | Money. Nim the Crap; Steal the Money. Wheedle for Crap; To coax Money out of any Body | 1737 |
| CROP | Money. | 1737 |
| DIMMOCK | money. | 1819 |
| DUES | This term is sometimes used to express money, where any certain sum or payment is spoken of; a man asking for money due to him for any service done, or a blowen requiring her previous compliment from a familyman, would say, Come, tip us the dues. So a thief, requiring his share of booty frem his palls, will desire them to bring the dues to light. | 1819 |
| DUES | This word is often introduced by the lovers of flash on many occasions, but merely out of fancy, and can only be understood from the context of their discourse ; like many other cant terms, it is not easily explained on paper: for example, speaking of a man likely to go to jail, one will say, there will be quodding dues concerned, of a man likely to be executed ; there will be topping dues, if any thing is alluded to that will require a fee or bribe, there must be tipping dues, or palming dues concerned, &c. | 1819 |
| DUST | Money; Down with your Dust, Deposite your Money | 1737 |
| DUST | Money. Down with your dust; deposit the money. To raise or kick up a dust; to make a disturbance or riot: see BREEZE. Dust it away; drink about. | 1811 |
| GELT | Money. | 1737 |
| GELT | Money, GERMAN.--Also, castrated. | 1811 |
| GINGER-BREAD | Money. | 1737 |
| GOREE | Money but chiefly Gold. | 1737 |
| GOREE | Money, chiefly gold: perhaps from the traffic carried on at that place, which is chiefly for gold dust. CANT. | 1811 |
| IRON | Money in general. To polish the kings iron with ones eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET. | 1811 |
| KELTER | Money. | 1811 |
| KINGs PICTURES | Money. | 1737 |
| KINGS PICTURES | Coin, money. | 1811 |
| LOUR | Money. | 1737 |
| LOUR | money. | 1819 |
| LOWRE | Money. Cant. | 1811 |
| LURRIES | Money, Watches, Rings, or other Moveables. | 1737 |
| LURRIES | Money, watches, rings, or other moveablcs. | 1811 |
| MOPUSSES | Money. | 1811 |
| MUCK | Money, Wealth. | 1737 |
| MUCK | Money; also dung. | 1811 |
| PLATE | Money, silver, prize. He is in for the plate; he has won the KEAT, i.e. is infected with the venereal disorder: a simile drawn from hofse-racing. When the plate fleet comes in; when money comes to hand. | 1811 |
| PONEY | Money. Post the poney; lay down the money. | 1811 |
| PREY | Money. | 1737 |
| QUIDDS | Cash, or ready Money. Can you tip me any Quidds? Can you lend me any Money. | 1737 |
| QUIDS | Cash, money. Can you tip me any quids? can you lend me some money? | 1811 |
| RAG | money. | 1819 |
| RECRUITS | Money (expected.) Have yuo raisd the Recruits? Is the Money come in? | 1737 |
| RHINO | ready Money. | 1737 |
| RHINO | Money. CANT. | 1811 |
| RIBBAND | money in general. | 1819 |
| RIBBIN | Money. The Ribbin Runs shick; his Breeches are well lined with Money. The Ribbin runs thin, He has but little Cash about him. | 1737 |
| RIBBIN | Money. The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. CANT. Blue ribbin. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbin; the silly fellow drinks common gin. | 1811 |
| ROULEAU | A number of guineas, from twenty to fifty or more, wrapped up in paper, for the more ready circulation at gaming-tables: sometimes they are inclosed in ivory boxes, made to hold exactly 20, 50, or 100 guineas. | 1811 |
| ROUND SUM | A considerable sum. | 1811 |
| SPANISH | The spanish; ready money. | 1811 |
| SPANKS, or SPANKERS | Money; also blows with the open hand. | 1811 |
| STAKE | a booty acquired by robbery, or a sum of money won at play, is called a stake, and if considerable, a prime stake, or a heavy stake. A person alluding to any thing difficult to be procured, or which he obtains as a great favour, and is therefore comparatively invaluable, would say, I consider it a stake to get it at all; a valuable or acceptable acquisition of any kind, is emphatically called a stake, meaning a great prize. | 1819 |
| STEPHEN | Money. Stephens at home; i.e. has money. | 1811 |
| STEVEN | money. | 1819 |
| WEEDING DUES | speaking of any person, place, or property, that has been weeded, it is said weeding dues have been concerned. See Dues. | 1819 |
| Money : Good Money and Bad |
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| BROWNS and WHISTLERS | bad halfpence and farthings ; (a term used by coiners.) | 1819 |
| CURLE | Clippings of Money. | 1737 |
| CURLE | Clippings of money, which curls up in the operation. CANT. | 1811 |
| NIG | Clippings of Money. | 1737 |
| NIG | The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant. | 1811 |
| PARINGS | Clippings of Money. | 1737 |
| PARINGS | The chippings of money. CANT. | 1811 |
| QUEER or QUEER-BIT | base money. | 1819 |
| QUEER SCREENS | forged Bank-notes. | 1819 |
| QUEERE-COLE | Clipt, counterfeit Money. | 1737 |
| RUM COLE | New money, or medals. | 1811 |
| RUM GHELT | See RUM COLE. CANT. | 1811 |
| RUM-COLE | New Money, or Medals curiously coind. | 1737 |
| RUM-GELT | Same as Rum-Cole. | 1737 |
| SHAN | counterfeit money in general. | 1819 |
| SHAVINGS | Clippings of Money. | 1737 |
| SHAVINGS | The clippings of money. | 1811 |
| SWIMMER | A counterfeit old coin. | 1811 |
| TOWER | Cant Word, used to denote bad, or clipped Money: as, They have been round the Tower with it; te he Piece of Money has been clipt. | 1737 |
| TOWER | Clipped money: they have been round the tower with it. CANT. | 1811 |
| WHISTLERS | See Browns And Whistlers. | 1819 |
| Money : Other Money Terms |
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| CARAVAN | a good round Sum of Money about a Man; also him that is cheated of it. | 1737 |
| CARAVAN | A large sum of money; also, a person cheated of such sum. CANT. | 1811 |
| COD | a good Sum of Money; also a Fool. A meer Cod, a silly, shallow Fellow. A rum Cod; a good round Sum of Money. An honest Cod; a trusty Friend. | 1737 |
| COD | A cod of money: a good sum of money. | 1811 |
| DARBY | Ready money. CANT. | 1811 |
| DIPPERS | Anabaptists. | 1811 |
| FIDDLERS MONEY | All sixpences: sixpence being the usual sum paid by each couple, for music at country wakes and hops. Fiddlers fare; meat, drink, and money. Fiddlers pay; thanks and wine. | 1811 |
| LAID ON THE SHELF, or LAID UP IN LAVENDER | Pawned. | 1811 |
| LAVENDER | Laid up in lavender; pawned. | 1811 |
| LOB | A till in a tradesmans shop. To frisk a lob; to rob a till. See FLASH PANNEY. | 1811 |
| LOB | a till, or money-drawer. To have made a good lob, is synonymous with making a good speak. | 1819 |
| LUMBER | to lumber any property, is to deposit it at a pawnbroker's, or elsewhere for present security; to retire to any house or private place, for a short time, is called lumbering yourself. A man apprehended, and sent to gaol, is said to be lumbered, to be in lumber, or to be in Lombard-street. | 1819 |
| PLUMB | An hundred thousand pounds. | 1811 |
| READER | A pocket-book. CANT. | 1811 |
| READER | a pocket-book. | 1819 |
| READY | The ready rhino; money. CANT. | 1811 |
| READY RHINO | Money in Possession. | 1737 |
| RUM BUNG | A full purse. CANT. | 1811 |
| RUM COD | A good purse of gold. CANT. | 1811 |
| RUM-BUNG | a full Purse. | 1737 |
| RUM-COD | a good Purse of Gold, or round Sum of Money. | 1737 |
| SOUSE | Not a Souse; not a Penny. From Sous, French Money. | 1737 |
| SOUSE | Not a souse; not a penny. FRENCH. | 1811 |
| SPOUT | to pledge any property at a pawnbroker's is termed spouting it, or shoving it up the spout. | 1819 |
| SPOUTED | Pawned. | 1811 |
| TO VAMP | To pawn any thing. Ill vamp it, and tip you the cole: Ill pawn it, and give you the money. Also to refit, new dress, or rub up old hats, shoes or other wearing apparel; likewise to put new feet to old boots. Applied more particularly to a quack bookseller. | 1811 |
| TWO TO ONE SHOP | A pawnbrokers: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being two to one that the goods pledged are never redeemed. | 1811 |
| VAMP | to pawn anything. Ill Vamp, and tip you the Cole; Ill pawn my Cloaths, but Ill raise the Money for you. To Vamp; To new dress, liquer, refresh or rub up old Hats, Boots, Shoes etc. Also a Sock. | 1737 |
| Money : Pecuniary Status |
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| BREECH'D | flush of money. | 1819 |
| BREECHED | Money in the pocket: the swell is well breeched, lets draw him; the gentleman has plenty of money in his pocket, let us rob him. | 1811 |
| BUSH'D | poor; without money. | 1819 |
| EBB WATER | when there is but little money in the Pocket. | 1737 |
| EMPTY | as, The Cull looks Empty; or, Tis all Empty; i.e. the Person or House has not the Riches reported, or is not worth attempting. | 1737 |
| EQUIPT | rich; also having new Cloaths. Well equipt, plump in the Pocket, or very full of Money; also very well drest. The Cull equipt me with a Brace of Meggs, The Gentleman furnishd me with a Coupleof Guineas. | 1737 |
| EQUIPT | Rich; also, having new clothes. Well equipt; full of money, or well dressed. The cull equipped me with a brace of meggs; the gentleman furnished me with. a couple of guineas. | 1811 |
| FAT | rich, as, A Fat Cull; a rich Fellow. | 1737 |
| FAT CULL | A rich fellow. | 1811 |
| FLANDERS-FORTUNES | of small Substance. | 1737 |
| FLUSH IN THE POCKET | full of Money. The Cull is Flush in the Fob, the Sparks Pocket is well lind with Money. | 1737 |
| FLUSH IN THE POCKET | Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money. | 1811 |
| IN TOWN | flush of money ; breeched. | 1819 |
| LOW TIDE, or LOW WATER | When there is no money in a mans pocket. | 1811 |
| OAK | a rich Man, of good Substance and Credit. | 1737 |
| OAK | A rich maa, a man of good substance and credit. To sport oak; to shut the outward door of a students room at college. An oaken towel; an oaken cudgel. To rub a man down with an oaken towel; to beat him. | 1811 |
| PLATE FLEET COMES IN | when the Money comes to Hand. | 1737 |
| PLUMP IN THE POCKET | flush of Money. | 1737 |
| QUEER BUNG | An empty purse. | 1811 |
| QUEERE-BUNG | an empty Purse. | 1737 |
| SEEDY | poor, Money-less, exhausted. | 1737 |
| SEEDY | Poor, pennyless, stiver-cramped, exhausted. | 1811 |
| SEEDY | poor, ragged in appearance, shabby. | 1819 |
| STAINES | a man who is in pecuniary distress is said to be at Staines, or at the Bush, alluding to the Bush inn at that town. See Bush'd. | 1819 |
| STIVER-CRAMPED | Needy, wanting money. A stiver is a Dutch coin, worth somewhat more than a penny sterling. | 1811 |
| TICK | as, to run on Tick; To go on the Score, or Trust. | 1737 |
| TICK | To run otick; take up goods upon trust, to run in debt. Tick; a watch. SEE SESSIONS PAPERS. | 1811 |
| TOPPING MAN | A rich man. | 1811 |
| UP IN THE STIRRUPS | a man who is in swell street. that is, having plenty of money, is said to be up in the stirrups. | 1819 |
| UPPISH | rampant, crowing, full of Money. He is very Uppish; He is well-lined in the Fob; also brisk. | 1737 |
| WARM | well lined of flush in the Pocket. | 1737 |
| WHEREAS | To follow a whereas; to become a bankrupt, to figure among princes and potentates: the notice given in the Gazette that a commission of bankruptcy is issued out against any trader, always beginning with the word whereas. He will soon march in the rear of a whereas. | 1811 |
| WHITEWASHED | One who has taken the benefit of an act of insolvency, to defraud his creditors, is said to have been whitewashed. | 1811 |
| WIND-FALL | a great Fortune fallen unexpectedly by the Death of a Friend. | 1737 |
| Money : Related Terms |
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| ALTAMEL | A verbal or lump account, without particulars, such as is commonly produced at bawdy-houses, spunging-houses, &c. Vide DUTCH RECKONING. | 1811 |
| ALTEMAL | Vide Dutch Reckoning. | 1737 |
| COME TO THE HEATH | a phrase signifying to pay or give money, and synonymous with Tipping, from which word it takes its rise, there being a place called Tiptree Heath, I believe, in the County of Essex. | 1819 |
| DUTCH RECKONING, or ALLE-MAL | A verbal or lump account, without particulars, as brought at spungiug or bawdy houses. | 1811 |
| DUTCH-RECKONING | or Alte-mall; a verbal or lump Accompt, without Particulars; as brought in at the Spunging-Houses, at Bawdy Houses, and other such like Places of ill Repute. | 1737 |
| FENCE | to spend, Fence his Hog, spend his Shilling. | 1737 |
| HARKING | whispering on one side to borrow Money. | 1737 |
| MELT | to spend Money. Will you melt a Borde? Will you spend your Shilling? The Cull melted a Couple of Decusses upon us; The Gentleman spent Ten Shillings upon us. | 1737 |
| RABBIT SUCKERS | Young spendthrifts taking up goods on trust at great prices. | 1811 |
| RABBIT-SUCKERS | young Unthrifts taking Goods on Tick of Pawnbrokers or Tallymen, at excessive Rates. | 1737 |
| SLANGING-DUES | when a man suspects that he has been curtailed, or cheated, of any portion of his just right, he will say, there has been slanging-dves concerned. | 1819 |
| SMART MONEY | Money allowed to soldiers or sailors for the loss of a limb, or other hurt received in the service. | 1811 |
| Top SAIL | He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to. sea and left them unpaid. SCT soldiers are said to pay off their scores with the drum; that is, by marching away. | 1811 |
| WIND | To raise the wind; to procure mony. | 1811 |
| WINDFALL | A legacy, or any accidental accession of property. | 1811 |
| WINNINGS | Money, or Reward: Winnings for Wapping; Money given a Woman for lying with her. | 1737 |
| Money : Silver and Gold |
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| MINT | Gold. | 1737 |
| MINT | Gold. A mint of money; common phrase for a large sum. | 1811 |
| MYNT | See MINT. | 1811 |
| OLD MR GORY | A piece of gold. | 1811 |
| OLD-MR-GORY | a Piece of Gold. | 1737 |
| RIDGE | gold, whether in coin or any other shape, as a ridge-montra, a gold watch; a cly-full of ridge, a pocket full of gold. | 1819 |
| SPANGLES | Ends of Gold or Silver. | 1737 |
| SPANKS | Money, Gold or Silver. | 1737 |
| WEDGE | silver; as a wedge-feeder, a silver-spoon, &c.; but silver coin, as well as silver plate, are both comprehended under the name of wedge. See Ridge, anand Speak To. | 1819 |
| WHITE WOOL | Silver. | 1737 |
| WITCHER | Silver. | 1737 |
| WITCHES | Silver. Witcher bubber; a silver bowl. Witcher tilter; a silver-hilted sword. Witcher cully; a silversmith. | 1811 |
| Money : Special Payments |
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| BEVERAGE | Garnish-money. | 1737 |
| BEVERAGE | Garnish money, or money for drink, demanded of any one having a new suit of clothes. | 1811 |
| CHUMMAGE | Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and Kings Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. When prisons are very full, which is too often the case, particularly on the eve of an insolvent act, two or three persons are obliged to sleep in a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room, and sleep on the stairs, or, as the term is, ruff it. | 1811 |
| GARNISH | An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. | 1811 |
| GARNISH | a small sum of money exacted from a new chum on his entering a jail, by his fellow-prisoners, which affords them a treat of beer, gin, &c. | 1819 |
| GARNISH-MONEY | what is customarily spent among the Prisoners at first coming in. | 1737 |
| HANGMANS WAGES | Thirteen pence halfpenny; which, according to the vulgar tradition, was thus allotted: one shilling for the executioner, and three halfpence for the rope, --N. B. This refers to former times; the hangmen of the present day having, like other artificers, raised their prices. The true state of this matter is, that a Scottish mark was the fee allowed for an execution, and the value of that piece was settled by a proclamation of James I. at thirteen pence halfpenny. | 1811 |
| HUSH MONEY | Money given to hush up, or conceal a Robbery or Theft, or to take off an Evidence from appearing against a Criminal, etc. | 1737 |
| HUSH MONEY | Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidence from appearing against a criminal. | 1811 |
| Mr PALMER | See Palm. | 1819 |
| PALM | to bribe, or give money, for the attainment of any object or indulgence; and it is then said that the party who receives it is palmed, or that Mr. Palmer it concerned. | 1819 |
| QUODDING-DUES | See Dues. | 1819 |
| REGULARS | Share of the booty. The coves cracked the swells crib, fenced the swag, and each cracksman napped his regular; some fellows broke open a gentlemans house, and after selling the property which they had stolen, they divided the money between them. | 1811 |
| REGULARS | one's due share of a booty, &c. on a division taking place. Give me my regulars, that is, give me my dividend. | 1819 |
| RING | Money extorted by Rogues on the Highway, or by Gentlemen Beggars. | 1737 |
| RING | Money procured by begging: beggars so called it from its ringing when thrown to them. Also a circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel-players, by a man styled Vinegar; who, with his hat before his eyes, goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in. | 1811 |
| SMEAR GELT | A bribe. GERMAN. | 1811 |
| SNAP DRAGON | A Christmas gambol: raisins and almonds being put into a bowl of brandy, and the candles extinguished, the spirit is set on fire, and the company scramble for the raisins. | 1811 |
| UNGUENTUM AUREUM | A bribe. | 1811 |
