| 18th Century Thieves Cant | ||
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This page has been deprecated. See entertainment instead. Caming and Cheating See also Cheats and Sharpers in the list of rogues |
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| Gaming : Gaming | ||
| BLEED | as, To bleed freely, i.e. To part with their Money easily. | 1736 |
| CHUB | He is a young Chub, or a meer Chub, very ignorant or unexperiencd in Gaming, not at all acquainted with Sharping. A good Chub, said by the Butchers, when they have bit a silly raw Customer. | 1736 |
| CHUB | He is a young chub, or a mere chub; i.e. a foolish fellow, easily imposed on: an illusion to a fish of that name, easily taken. | 1811 |
| COG | to cheat at Dice. To Cog a Die; to conceal or secure a Die; also the Money or whatever the Sweetners drop, to draw in the Bubbles: Also to wheedle. | 1736 |
| CRIMP | as, To play Crimp, to lay or bet on one Side, and (by foul Play) to let the other win, having a Share of the Purchase. | 1736 |
| CROSS-BITE | to draw in a Friend, yet snack with the Sharper; also to countermine or disappoint | 1736 |
| DOCTOR | a false Die that will run but two or three Chances. They put the Doctor upon him; they cheated him with false Dice. | 1736 |
| DOCTORS | Loaded dice, that will run but two or three chances. They put the doctors upon him; they cheated him with loaded dice. | 1811 |
| DOWN HILLS | Dice that run low. | 1811 |
| DOWN-HILLS | Dice that run low. | 1736 |
| EAGLE | a winning Gamester. | 1736 |
| FORLORN HOPE | A gamesters last stake. | 1811 |
| FORLORN-HOPE | losing Gamesters. | 1736 |
| HEDGE | to secure a desperate Bet, Wager or Debt. By Hedge or by stile, by Hook or by Crook | 1736 |
| HEDGE | To make a hedge; to secure a bet, or wager, laid on one side, by taking the odds on the other, so that, let what will happen, a certain gain is secured, or hedged in, by the person who takes this precaution; who is then said to be on velvet. | 1811 |
| HIGH JINKS | A gambler at dice, who, having a strong head, drinks to intoxicate his adversary, or pigeon. | 1811 |
| HIGHJINKS | a Play at Dice who Drinks. | 1736 |
| HISTORY OF THE FOUR KINGS, or CHILDS BEST GUIDE | A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assiduously; he plays much at cards. | 1811 |
| HUNTING | decoying, or drawing others into Play. | 1736 |
| HUNTING | Drawing in unwary persons to play or game. CANT. | 1811 |
| MUMCHANCE | An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it. | 1811 |
| NAP | by cheating with the Dice to ecure one chance; also a Clap or Pox, and a short sleep, Nap the Wiper, steal the Hankerchief. You have napt it, You are Clapt. | 1736 |
| NICK IT | to win at Dice, to hit the Mark. | 1736 |
| PAM | The knave of clubs. | 1811 |
| PASSAGE | A camp game with three dice: doublets, making up ten or more, to pass or win; any other chances lose. | 1811 |
| PLAY | To play booty; to play with an intention to lose. To play the whole game; to cheat. To play least in sight; to hide, or keep out of the way. To play the devil; to be guilty of some great irregularity or mismanagement. | 1811 |
| PLAY IT OFF | to play Booty; also to throw away, at Gaming, so much and no more. He plays it off, he cheats. | 1736 |
| RUN A CRIMP | to run a Race or Horse-match foully or knavishly. | 1736 |
| SCONCE | To build a large sconce; To run deep upon Tick or Trust. | 1736 |
| SECRET | as, Let into the Secret; When one is drawn in at Horse-racing, Cock-fighting, Bowling, and other such Sports or Games, and bit. | 1736 |
| SHARPERS-TOOLS | false Dice. | 1736 |
| SLAM | a Trick; also also a Game intirely lost, without getting one on that Side. | 1736 |
| SLUR | a Cheat at Dice; also a slight Scandal or Affront. | 1736 |
| STRIP THE TABLE | To win all the Money on the Place. We have stript the Cull; We have got all the Fools Money. The Coves stript; The Rogue has not a Jack left to help himself. | 1736 |
| TATS | false Dice. | 1736 |
| TO PLAY BOOTY | to play with a design to lose. | 1736 |
| TOP | to cheat or trick any one; also to insult. What, do you top upon me? Do you stick a little Wax to the Dice to keep them together, to get the Chance you would have? He thought to have topt upon me; He designed to have put upon, sharped, bullied, or affronted me. | 1736 |
| UPHILLS | high Dice. | 1736 |
| WOOD-PECKER | a By-stander that bets, while others game. | 1736 |
| Young CUB | a new Gamester drawn in to be rookd. | 1736 |
| Gaming : Tricks and Cheats | ||
| AMUSEMENT | a blind, or feint. | 1736 |
| BAM | a Sham or Cheat: a knavish Contrivance to amuse or deceive. | 1736 |
| BAM | A jocular imposition, the same as a humbug. See HUMBUG. | 1811 |
| BANBURY STORY | of a Cock and a Bull, an idle Relation, in order to pick Acquaintance on the Road, till a convenient Place or Opportunity offer to rob or plunder. | 1736 |
| BANBURY STORY OF A COCK AND A BULL | A roundabout, nonsensical story. | 1811 |
| BLIND | a Feint, a Pretence, a shift. | 1736 |
| BLIND | A feint, pretence, or shift. | 1811 |
| COLLOGUE | wheedle. | 1736 |
| FETCH | a Trick or Wheedle. A meer Fetch. | 1736 |
| FETCH | A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive. | 1811 |
| FRUMP | a dry Bob, or Jest. | 1736 |
| JIG | a Trick; A pleasant Jig, a witty arch Trick. | 1736 |
| JIG | A trick. A pleasant jig; a witty arch trick. Also a lock or door. The feather-bed jig; copulation. | 1811 |
| PUMP | to wheedle-Secrets out of any one. | 1736 |
| QUEERE-FUN | a bungling Cheat or Trick; also Game or Merriment. | 1736 |
| RUM BITE | A clever cheat, a clean trick. | 1811 |
| RUM FUN | A sharp trick. CANT. | 1811 |
| RUM-BITE | a clever Cheat, a neat Trick. | 1736 |
| RUM-FUN | a clever Cheat or sharp trick. | 1736 |
| SHAM | a Cheat, or Trick. To Cut a Sham; To play a Rogues Trick. | 1736 |
| WILES | Tricks, Intrigues, cunning Stratagems. | 1736 |
| WIRE-DRAW | a Fetch or Trick to wheedle in Bubbles; also to screw, over-reach, or deal hard with. Wire-drawn; so served or treated. | 1736 |
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