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Argot and slang

Note 272 — INTRODUCTION.

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Ken, shop, house. [273] Prigging lay, thieving business. [274] Blowen, girl, strumpet, sweetheart. [275] Fly (contraction of flash), awake, up to, practised in. [276] Time o’ day, knowledge of business, thieving [277] Pattered in flash, spoke in slang. [278] Covey, man. [279] Bub and grub, drink and food. [280] Gatter, porter. [281] Family, the thieves in general; the family way, the thieving line. [282] Crib, bed. [283] Pal, friend, companion, paramour. [284] Smeller, nose. [285] Swell cove, gentleman, dandy. [286] Lushy, drunk. [287] Clies, pockets. [288] Hooks, fingers. [289] Collar his dragons, take his sovereigns. [290] Ticker, watch. [291] Onions, seals. [292] Toggery, clothes. [293] Swag, plunder. [294] Grabbed, taken. [295] Beaks, police officers. [296] Mots, girls. [297] Ogles, eyes. [298] Old Cotton, the ordinary of Newgate. [299] Humming his pray, saying prayers. [300] Fogle-hunters, pickpockets. [301] Morning fake, morning thieving.

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