The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew Part 14

_Jacobites_, sham or collar s.h.i.+rts.

_Jack_, a seal.

_Jet_, a lawyer

_Ken_, a house.

_Kicks_, breeches.

_Kill devil_, row.

_Kinchin_, a little child.

_King's pictures_, money of any description.

_Laced mutton_, a woman.

_Lag_, last; lagging behind, to be hindmost.

_Lage_, water.

_Lage duds_, a buck of clothes.

_Lambskin men_, the judges of several courts.

_Lansprisado_, he that comes into company with only two-pence in his pocket.

_Lantern_. _A dark lantern_, the servant or agent that receives the bribe at court.

_Libben_, a private dwelling-house.

_Libbege_, a bed.

_Lifter_, a crutch.

_Lightmans_, the day, or day-break.

_Line of the old author_, a dram of brandy.

_Little Barbary_, Wapping.

_Lop'd_, run away; he lop'd up the dancers, he whipped up the dancers.

_Loge_, a watch.

_Louse-trap_, a comb.

_Low tide_, when there's no money in a man's pocket.

_Lushy cove_, a drunken man.

_Maik_, a halfpenny.

_Mannikin_, a dwarf or diminutive fellow.

_Maunders_, beggars.

_Maundering breath_, scolding.

_Meggs_, guineas.

_Meet_, to spend money.

_Millclapper_, a woman's tongue.

_Mist_, a contraction of commission, signifying a s.h.i.+rt, smock or sheet.

_Mishtopper_, a coat or petticoat.

_Moabites_, sergeants, bailiffs, and their crew.

_Moon-curser_, a link-boy.

_Mower_, a cow.

_Muck_, money, wealth.

_Muttonmonger_, a lover of women.

_Mutton in long coats_, women; a leg of mutton in a silk stocking, a woman's leg.

_Nab_, a hat, cap, or head; also a c.o.xcomb.

_Ne'er a face but his own_, not a penny in his pocket.

_Nim gimmer_, a doctor, a surgeon, an apothecary.

_Nubbing cheat_, the gallows.

_Nut-crackers_, a pillory.

_Oak_, a rich man of good substance and credit.

_Ogles_, eyes.

_Old flick_ a knowing fellow.

_One in ten_, a parson.