| bingo | A slang term for brandy. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| bolter | A fugitive from justice. Now Austral. hist. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| bub | | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| buffer | (See quot.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| bull's-eye | slang. A crown-piece. (Cf. bull n. 7.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| cant | intr. To become ‘cant’ or well; to recover strength, to mend. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| catchup | A liquor extracted from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc., used as a sauce. (Common in… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| chat | A louse. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| chop-house | An eating-house where mutton-chops, beefsteaks, and the like are supplied; ‘a mean… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| chubbingly | | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| chuck-farthing | A game of combined skill and chance in which coins were pitched at a mark, and then… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| clicker | slang. A shop-keeper's tout. (Originally a shoemaker's: cf. sense 2.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| clinker | A kind of West Indian cricket: see quot. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| clod-hopper | One who walks over ploughed land; a ploughman or agricultural labourer; a country lout; hence, a clumsy awkward boor, a clown. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| clowe | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| cly | (See quot.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| cock-robin | slang. See quots. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| cod | A slang appellation applied to persons, with various forces: see the quotations. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| codder | One who gathers peascods. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| coker | = caulker n. 4. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Conger | See quots. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| crimping | Cheating; dishonest. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-patch | A cross, ill-tempered person. (Usually applied to a girl or woman; Scott makes it masculine.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| crump | | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| degen | | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| dropper | One who drops seeds into the holes made by a dibbler. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| dub | A key, especially one used for picking locks. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| dub | trans. To open (a door). Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| dunner | One who duns or importunes another, esp. for money due; a dun. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| eriff | A canary-bird two years old. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| file | To pick pockets. Also, to file a cly. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| flash | Connected with or pertaining to the class of thieves, tramps, and prostitutes. Chiefly in Comb.… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| flogging | | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Florence | (See quot.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| frummagemed | (See quots.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| fun | A cheat or trick; a hoax, a practical joke. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| fussock | A fat, unwieldy woman. dial. or slang. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Ghenting | A kind of linen, originally made at Ghent. Also attrib. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| glimflashy | Angry. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| goad | (See quots.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| goree | Money. Phrase old Mr. Goree (see quot.). | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| griskin | The lean part of the loin of a bacon pig. †Also formerly, the corresponding part of beef. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| gundy-gut | A fat paunch; pl. a gluttonous, voracious person. (Cf. greedy-gut(s n.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| hag-boat | A kind of vessel formerly used both as a man-of-war, and in the timber and coal trade… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| harridan | A haggard old woman; a vixen; ‘a decayed strumpet’ (Johnson): usually a term of vituperation. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| hell driver | slang. A coachman. Cf. hell-cart n. at hell n. int. 2. Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| highty-tighty | (See quots.) Obs. (or dial.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| incog | = incognito n., incognita n. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| jink | A name given to various frolics formerly indulged in at drinking parties. Sc. Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| keel-bully | One of the crew of a keel; a Tyneside lighterman. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| keffel | A horse, esp. a sorry horse. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| knobber | A male deer in its second year: cf. knobbler n. 1; a brocket. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| land-lubber | A sailor's term of contempt for a landsman. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| layer-over | (See quots.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| loge | A watch. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| long-headed | Of great discernment or foresight; discerning, shrewd, far-seeing. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| loon-slatt | A name for the Scottish merk, the value of which in the 17th c. was 13½ d, the proverbial… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| maggotish | Strange, peculiar, or eccentric; whimsical. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| marl | Originally: a bird (not identified) compared to the knot. Later: the knot, Calidris canutus. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| mifty | = miffy adj. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Minter | A person living in the precincts of the former mint in Southwark, London, a reputed sanctuary for debtors. Cf. mint n. 2d. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| mopus | A coin of small value; a halfpenny; a farthing; (in pl.) money. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| mouchet | = mouche n. 1. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nanny-house | A brothel. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nask | A prison. Cf. naskin n. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nestle | intr. To be uneasy or restless; to fidget; to move or bustle about. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nestling | Fidgeting; uneasy behaviour. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nick-ninny | A simpleton. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nickum | A cheating or dishonest person. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nig | slang. A clipping taken from a coin. Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nig | trans. To clip (money). | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nigging | The action of nig v. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nigmenog | A fool, an idiot. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nikin | A simpleton, a foolish person. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nim-gimmer | A physician (see quot. 1699). | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nit | Wine which is full of air bubbles, either through being naturally sparkling or from having been freshly poured. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nob | orig. cant. The head. Also fig. Cf. knob n. 4a, ginger-nob n. at ginger n. adj. 2. Now colloq. and somewhat arch. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nocky | A fool, a simpleton. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nug | As a term of endearment: love, dear. Cf. pug n. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| nugging-dress | Unusual or old-fashioned clothing or dress; dress associated with courtesans. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| numms | An artificial shirt front. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| peepy | Drowsy, sleepy. Cf. peeping adj. 2. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| pocketable | That may be put or carried in a pocket. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| priggish | cant. Dishonest, thief-like. Obs. rare. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| prim | An excessively formal or precise person; a prig. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| queerly | Badly, villainously. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| quod | Prison, the state of imprisonment; (also) †a prison. Freq. in in quod. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| rag water | Alcoholic spirits or other liquor, esp. of an inferior quality. Also fig. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| rap | trans. and intr. To exchange, barter, swap. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| raree-show man | A man who provides or exhibits a raree-show. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| ribbin | Money. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| rug | In gambling: safe, secure. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| rum duke | A handsome man of high esteem or social class. Now rare. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sawney | colloq. A simpleton, fool. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| shabaroon | A disreputable person, ragamuffin. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Shaftesbury | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| shag-bag | A shabby or worthless fellow. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| shamble | slang. (See quot. 1699) Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sickrel | ‘A puny, sickly creature.’ | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| simkin | A fool; a simpleton. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| simon | A sixpence. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sizz | trans. To burn, brand. Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| skinflint | A person who would ‘skin a flint’ to save or gain a thing, esp. money; a mean or avaricious person; a miser. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sly-boot(s | A sly, cunning, or crafty person; one who does things on the sly. Freq. in mild or jocular use, and usually in plural form. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| smash | slang. (See quot. 1699) Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| snaffle | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sock | A blow; a beating. Chiefly in phr. to give (one) sock(s), to give a sound thrashing… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sock | (a) To beat, strike hard, hit. (b) fig. (U.S.) To give a hard blow to; esp. to take large sums of money from (someone). | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| souse-crown | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| split- | (see quots.). | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sponging | That sponges on others; parasitic. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sponging-house | A house kept by a bailiff or sheriff's officer, formerly in regular use as a place of preliminary confinement for debtors. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| squirish | (See quot. 1699) Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| sting-hum | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| strum | A strumpet, prostitute. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| strum | A periwig. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| suckey | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| swabber | Chiefly pl. Certain cards at the game of whist (see first quot. 1699), which entitled the… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Taffy | A familiar nickname for a Welshman: cf. Paddy paddy n. 1a, sawney n. 1, etc. Cf. Taff n. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| temperade | (See quot. 1699.) | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| thrip | Short for threepence n. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| thrums | = threepence n. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| toast | intr. To name a person to whose health or in whose honour, or a thing or sentiment to… | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| tongue-pad | A talkative person. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| trolly | Name of a kind of lace: see quots. Also attrib. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| twelver | A coin worth twelve pence. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| vamp | trans. To pawn. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| vamper | A stocking. Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| whimper | A feeble, broken cry, as of a child about to burst into tears; a fretful cry expressive of complaint or grief. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Whitechapel | In various slang uses, mostly attrib. (see quots.). | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
