CAPTAIN HACKUM, a blustering bully.

CAPTAIN QUEERNABS, a shabby ill dressed fellow. CAPTAIN SHARP, a cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers, whose office it is to bully any pigeon who suspecting roguery, refuses to pay what he has lost (cant). CAPTAIN TOM, the leader of a mob, also the mob itself. CAPTAIN PODD, a celebrated master of a puppet show, in Ben Johnson's time, whose name became a common one to signify any of that fraternity.

CARAVAN, (cant) a large sum of money, also a person cheated of such sum.

CARBUNCLE FACE, a red face, full of pimples.

TO CAROUSE, to drink freely or deep, from the German word expressing all out.

CARRIERS, a set of rogues who are employed to look out, and watch upon the roads and inns, &c., in order to carry information to their respective gangs of a booty in prospect. CARRIER PIGEONS, sharpers who attend the drawing of the lottery in Guildhall, and as soon as a number or two are drawn, write them on a card, and run with them to a confederate, who is waiting near at hand, ready mounted; with these numbers he rides full speed to some distant insurance office before fixed on, where there is another of the gang, commonly a decent looking woman, who takes care to be at the office before the hour of drawing, to her he secretly gives the number, which she insures for a considerable sum, thus biting the biter.

CARRION HUNTER, an undertaker; called also a cold cook and death hunter. See cold cook and death hunter. CARROTS, red hair.

CARROTTY PATED, ginger hackled, red haired. See ginger hackled.

CARTING, the punishment formerly inflicted on bawds, who were placed in a tumbrel or cart, and led through a town, that their persons might be known.

CARVEL'S RING, the private parts of a woman. Hans

Carvel, a jealous old doctor, being in bed with his wife, dreamed that the devil gave him a ring, which, so long as he had it on his finger, would prevent his being made a cuckold, waking he found he had got his finger the Lord knows where.

CARRY WITCHET, a sort of conundrum, puzzlewit, or riddle.

CASE, a house, perhaps from the Italian casa. In the canting lingo it meant store or warehouse, as well as dwelling house. Tout that case; mark or observe that house. is all bob, now let's dub the gigg of the case; now the coast is clear let us break open the door of the house.

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A CASE VROW, a prostitute attached to a particular bawdy house.

CASH, or CAFFAN, cheefe (cant). See caffan.

CASTING UP ONE'S ACCOUNTS, vomiting.

CASTER, a cloak (cant).

CATCH FART, a foot boy, so called from such servants commonly following close behind their master or mistress. CATCHING HARVEST, a dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse race, fair, or some other public meeting.

CATCH PENNY, any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public.

CATCH POLE, a bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer.

CAT, a common prostitute; an old cat, a cross old woman. CAT, CATTING, SHOOTING THE CAT, to vomit from drunkenness.

CATHEDRAL, old fashioned, an old cathedral bedstead, chair, &c.

CAT LAP, tea, called also scandal broth. See scandal broth. CAT'S FOOT, to live under the cat's foot, to be under the dominion of a wife, henpecked.

CAT HARPING FASHION, drinking cross ways, and not as usual over the left thumb (Sea term).

CAT OF NINE TAILS, a scourge, composed of nine strings of whipcord, each string having nine knots.

CAT IN PAN, to turn cat in pan, to change sides or party; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in

pan. CAT'S PAW, to be made a cat's paw of, to be made a tool, or instrument to accomplish the purpose of another. An allusion to the story of a monkey, who made use of a cat's paw, to scratch a roasted chesnut out of the fire.

CAT STICKS, thin legs, compared to sticks with which boys play at cat. See trapsticks.

CATER COUSINS, good friends.

He and I are not cater

cousins, i. e. we are not good friends.

CAT MATCH, when a rook or cully is engaged amongst bad bowlers.

CATERWAULING, going out in the night in search of intrigues, like a cat in the gutters.

CAT WHIPPING, or WHIPPING THE CAT, a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength; by laying a wager with them, that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat; the bet being made, a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted, and the end thrown across the pond, to which the cat is also fastened by a packthread, and three or four sturdy fellows are appointed to lead and whip the cat, these on a signal given, seize the end of the cord, and pretending to whip the cat, haul the astonished booby through the water.

CATTLE, sad cattle, whores or gypsies, (cant) black cattle, lice.
CAVAULTING SCHOOL, a bawdy house.
CAUDGE PAWED, left handed.

CAULIFLOWER, a large white wig, such as is commonly worn by the dignified clergy, and was formerly by physicians. Also the private parts of a woman; the reason for this appellation is given in the following story. A woman, who was giving evidence in a cause, wherein it was necessary to express those parts, made use of the term cauliflower, for which the judge on the bench, a peevish old fellow, reproved her, saying she might as well call it an artichoak; not so, my lord, replied she, for an artichoak has a bottom, but a **** and a cauliflower have none.

CAUTIONS, THE FOUR CAUTIONS.-I. Beware of a woman before.-II. Beware of a horse behind.-III. Beware of a cart sideways.—IV. Beware of a pri est every way.

CAW HANDED, or CAW PAWED, aukward, not dexterous, ready, or nimble.

CAXON, an old weather beaten wig.

CENT PER CENT, an usurer.
CHAFED, well beaten.

CHALKERS, men of wit in Ireland, who in the night,
amuse themselves with cutting inoffensive passengers
across the face with a knife. They are somewhat like
those facetious gentlemen, sometime ago known in Eng-
land, by the title of sweaters and mohocks.
CHALKING, the amusement above described.
CHAPT, dry or thirsty.

CHARREN, the smoke of charren, his eyes water from the smoke of Charren, a man of that place coming out of his house, weeping because his wife had beat him, told his neighbours the smoke had made his eyes water.

CHATTER BROTH, tea. See cat lap and scandal broth. CHATTER BOX, one whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen; a chattering man or woman.

CHATTS, lice, (cant) perhaps an abbreviation of chattles, lice being the chief live stock or chattles of beggars, gypsies, and the rest of the canting crew.

CHARM, a picklock (cant).

CHARACTERED, or LETTERED, burnt in the hand.

They have palmed the character upon him, they have burned him in the hand (cant). See lettered.

CHATES, the gallows (cant).

CHAUNTER CULLS, Grub-street writers, who compose songs, carrols, &c. for ballad singers (cant).

CHEATS, sham sleeves to put over a dirty shirt or shift. See shams.

CHERUBIMS, peevish children, because cherubims and seraphims continually do cry.

CHEESE TOASTER, a sword.

CHEEKS, ask cheeks near cunnyborough, the repartee of a St. Giles's fair one, who bids you ask her backside, anglice her a—se.

CHERRY COLOURED CAT, a black cat, there being black cherries as well as red.

CHICKEN HEARTED, fearful, cowardly.

CHICKEN HAMED, persons whose legs and thighs are bent or arched outwards.

CHICK A BIDDY, a chicken so called to, and by little children.

CHILD, to eat a child, to partake of a treat given to the parish officers, in part of commutation for a bastard child. The common price was formerly ten pounds and a greasy chin. See greasy chin.

CHIMNEY CHOPS, an abusive appellation for a negroe. CHIP, a child, a chip of the old block, a child who in person or sentiments resembles its father or mother.

CHIPS, a nick name for a carpenter.

CHIRPING MERRY, exhilarated with liquor; chirping glass, a chearful glass, that makes the company chirp like birds in spring.

CHIT, an infant or baby,

CHITTERLINS, the bowels; there is a rumpus among my chitterlins, i. e. I have the cholick.

CHITTY FACED, baby faced, said of one who has a childish look.

CHIVE, or CHIFE, a knife, file, or saw; to chive the darbies, to file off the irons or fetters; to chive the boungs of the frows, to cut off women's pockets.

CHOCOLATE, to give chocolate without sugar, to reprove (military term).

CHOICE SPIRIT, a thoughtless, laughing, singing, drunken fellow.

CHOPS, the mouth. I gave him a wherrit or a souse across the chops, I gave him a blow over the mouth. See wherrit.