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1. jills, n. View full entry 1906
...Used with a possessive pronoun: my jills = ‘I’, his jills = ‘he’, etc....
2. midgic, n. View full entry 1889
...A shilling....
3. mill tog, n. View full entry 1821
...A shirt, esp. one made or worn by prisoners....
4. mizzle, v.3 View full entry 1781
...intr. To go away suddenly; to vanish, disappear. Freq. with off. Also in imper.: ‘go away!’...
5. monkery, n.2 View full entry a1790
...The countryside; a district, esp. one frequented by tramps. Hence: the way of life of a tramp....
6. skimish, n. View full entry 1936
...Alcoholic drink; liquor....
7. sprazer, n. View full entry 1931
...Sixpence; a sixpenny piece. Cf. sprowsie...
8. tober, n. View full entry 1890
...The site occupied by a circus, fair, or market....
9. toby, n.2 View full entry 1807
...the toby: the highway as the resort of robbers; ‘the road’; also transf. highway robbery (called also the toby concern, toby lay); hence to...
