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Drunken Tinkers. 13. Swaddlers, or Pedlars. 14. Abrams. WOMEN. 1. Demanders for Glimmer or Fire. 2. Bawdy Baskets. 3. Morts. 4. Autumn Morts. 5. Walking Morts. 6. Doxies. 7. Delles. 8. Kinchin Morts. 9. Kinchin Coves. _Crookmans_, hedges. _Coxy_, a stupid fellow. _Crook_, sixpence. _Croker_, a groat, or fourpence. _Croppen_, the tail of any thing. _Cucumbers_, tailors. _Cuffin cove_, a drunken fellow. _Cull_, a fellow. _Cut his stick_, run away. _Culp_, a kick, or blow. _Cup hot_, drunk. _Cursitors_, pettyfogging attornies. _Cussin_, a man. _Darby_, ready money. _Dace_, twopence;--tip me a dace; lend me twopence. _Dag_, a gun. _Damber_, or _Dimber_, a rascal. _Dancers_, stairs. _Darkmans_, night. _Dash_, a tavern drawer. _Dawbe_, a bribe or reward for secret service. _Decus_, a crown. _Degen_, a sword. _Diddle_, gin. _Diggers_, spurs. _Dimber Damber_, a top-man among the canting crew; also the chief rogue of the gang, or the greatest cheat. _Dimbermort_, a pretty wench. _Doash_, a cloak. _Dobin rig_, stealing ribbons from haberdashers early in the morning, or late at night, generally practised by women in the disguise of maid-servants, _Doctor_, milk and water, with a little rum and some nutmeg; also the name of a composition used by distillers, to make spirits appear stronger than they really are. _Doctors_, loaded dice that will run but two or three chances--they put the doctors upon him; they cheated him with loaded dice. _Dodsey_, a woman; perhaps a corruption of Doxey. _Downy cove_, a smart fellow. _Drumbelow_, a dull fellow. _Dunnikin_, a necessary, or little-house. _Dunaker_, a stealer of cows and calves. _Eriffs_, rogues just initiated, and beginning to practise. _Eternity box_, a coffin. _Facer_, a bumper without lip room. _Families_, rings. _Famms_, hands. _Fastener_, a warrant. _Fawney_, a ring. _Feeder_, a spoon:--to nab the feeder; to steal a spoon. _Fermerdy beggars_, all those who have not the sham sores or clymes. _Ferret_, a pawnbroker or tradesman, that sells goods to young spendthrifts upon trust, at excessive rates, and then hunts them without mercy, and often throws them into jail, where they perish for their debt. _Fidlam Ben_, general thieves; called also St. Peter's sons, having every finger a fish-hook. _Flag_, a groat. _Flash_, a p
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