Note 9 — Chapter XXV · MATILDA, THE COUNTRY-GIRL.
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73The following is a glossary which will enable the reader to comprehend the flash terms used in the thieves' marriage-service:—
Parish prig, clergyman.
Bouncing ben, learned man.
Padding-ken, lodging-house.
Cop, make over.
Shaler, girl—young lady.
Fancy bloak, paramour—fancy man.
Tip mauleys, shake hands.
Jomen, paramour—fancy girl.
On the cross, out thieving.
Doss, bed.
Traps, constables.
Upon the nose, on the watch.
Fly, alert.
Pinch a lob, rob a till.
Plan, steal.
Sneezer, snuff-box.
Randlesman, a silk pocket handkerchief.
Work the bulls, pass bad 5s. pieces (a favourite specie with coiners in those days).
Couters, sovereigns.
Rum, bad—spurious.
Go the jump, steal into a room through a window.
Speel the drum, run away with stolen property.
Shop-bouncer, shop-lifter.
Get the clinch, be locked up in gaol.
Lumbered, imprisoned.
Fawney, ring.