18th Century Thieves Cant

 

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Run Away
Go
BING-AWASTGet you hence: Begone; haste away; He Bing'd awast in a Darkmans, i.e. He Stole away in the Night-time. Bing we to Rum vile? i.e. Go we to London.1736
BINGto go, etc.1736
BINGTo go. Cant. Bing avast; get you gone. Binged avast in a darkmans; stole away in the night. Bing we to Rumeville: shall we go to London?1811
BRUSHto flee, or run away. The Cully is brushed or rubbed; The Fellow is marched off or broke. Bought a Brush, run away.1736
HOOF itor beat it on the Hoof; to walk on Foot.1736
KICK'Dgone, fled, departed; as, The Rum Cull kick'd away, i.e. The Rogue made his Escape.1736
LET'S BUY A BRUSHor Let's lope; Let us scour off, and make what Shift we can to secure our selves from being apprehended.1736
LOAP'Drun away; He loap'd up the Dancers; He whipt up the Stairs.1736
PIKEto run away, flee, quit or leave the Place; also to die, Pike on the Been, run away as fast as you can. Pik'd off, run away, fled, broke; also dead. To pass the Pikes, to be out of Danger. There's a Cull knos us; if we dont pike, he'll bone us, that Fellow sees is' if we don't scour off, he'll apprehend us. Then we'll pike, 'tis all Bowman; we'll be gone, all is well, the Coast is clear.1736
RATTLEto move off, or be gone. We'll take Rattle, We must not tarry, but whip away.1736
RUBto run away. A Rub, an Impediment, Obstacle, Hinderance, Stop, Hardship, or Difficulty. Rub on, to live indifferently. Rub through the World, to live tolerably well in it.1736
SHAB'D-Offsneak'd, or fled away.1736
TRACKto go. Track up the Dancers; Whip up the Stairs.1736