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iliffs, and their crew. _Porker_, a sword. _Property_, a mere tool or implement to serve a turn; a cat's foot. _Prig_, a thief. _Quail pipe_, a woman's tongue. _Queer cuffin_, a justice of peace, also, a churl. _Rabbit suckers_, young spendthrifts, taking goods on tick of pawnbrokers or tallymen, at excessive rates. _Rattling_ cove, a coachman. _Red rag_, a tongue; _your red rag will never lie still_, your tongue will never be quiet. _Regraters_, forestallers in markets. _Ribben_, money. _Rotan_, a coach, or wagon, or any thing that runs upon wheels, but principally a cart. _Royster_, a rude roaring fellow. _Ruffin_, the devil. _Ruffmans_, the woods or bushes. _Rumbeck_, a justice of peace. _Rumbo_, a prison. _Rumboozling welts_, bunches of grapes. _Rumboyled_, sought after with a warrant. _Rum clank_, a large silver tankard. _Rum degen_, a silver-hilted or inlaid sword. _Rumdropper_, a vintner. _Rum ogle's_, fine, bright, clear, piercing eyes. _Rum-strum_, a long wig. _Rum-swag_, full of riches. _Scab_, a sixpence. _School butter_, a whipping. _Sconce_, to run in debt, to cheat. _Seeds_, poor, moneyless, exhausted. _Setters_, or _setting-dogs_, they that draw in bubbles for old gamesters to rook; also a sergeant's yeoman, or bailiff's follower; also an excise-officer. _Sharper_, a swindler, a cheat. _Sharper's tools_, false dice. _Shot_, clapped or poxed. _Shove the tumbler_, whipped at the cart's tail. _Skin-flint_, a griping, sharping, close clown; also, the same as flat. _Smearer_, a painter, or plasterer. _Smeller_, a nose. _Smelling cheat_, a nosegay; also an orchard, a garden. _Smiter_, an arm. _Smug_, a blacksmith, also neat and spruce. _Smite_, to wipe or slap. _Snitch_, to eye or see any body; the cub snitches, the man eyes or sees you. _Snout_, a hogshead. _Sack_, a pocket. _Shanks's naigs_, the feet. _Snacks_, full share. _Son of prattlement_, a lawyer. _Soul driver_, a parson. _South-sea mountain_, Geneva. _Sow's baby_, a pig. _Spanish money_, fair words and compliments. _Spanks_, money, gold or silver. _Specked wiper_, a coloured handkerchief. _Spiritual flesh-broker_, a parson. _Split fig_, a grocer. _Splitter of causes_, a lawyer. _Spoil pudding_, a parson who makes his morning sermon too long. _Squeel_, an informer. _Squirrish_, foolish. _Stamps_, legs. _St
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