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Argot and slang

Note 154 — INTRODUCTION.

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Maunder, beggar. [155] Tawny prince, Prince Prig, the head of the gipsies. [156] Abrams, half-naked beggars. [157] Ruffies, beggars who sham the old soldier. [158] Hookers, thieves who beg in the daytime and steal at night from shops with a hook. [159] Palliardes, ragged beggars. [160] Swaddlers, Irish Roman Catholics who pretend conversion. [161] Toyles, beggars with pedlar’s pack. [162] Swigmen, beggars. [163] Whip Jacks, beggars who sham the shipwrecked sailor. [164] Jarkmen, learned beggars, begging-letter impostors. [165] Bawdy baskets, prostitutes. [166] Dommerars, dumb beggars. [167] Clapper dogeons, beggars by birth. [168] Patricoes, those who perform the marriage ceremony. [169] Curtails, second in command, with short cloak. [170] Libkins, lodgings. [171] Ruffmans, bushes or woods. [172] Doxy, mistress. [173] Wap, to lie with a woman. [174] Duds, clothes. [175] Margery praters, hens. [176] Gobblers, ducks. [177] Grunting cheats, pigs. [178] Tibs of the buttery, geese. [179] Wappings, coition.

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