DEWS WINS, or DEUX WINS, two-pence (cant). DEWITTED, torn to pieces by a mob, as the great statesman John de Wit was in Holland, anno 1672. DIDDLE, gin. DICE, the names of false dice: A bale of bard cinque deuces, A bale of flat cinque deuces, A bale of light graniers, A bale of langrets contrary to the ventage, A bale of gordes, with as many highmen as lowmen, DILDO, an implement resembling the virile member, for which it is said to be substituted, by nuns, boarding school misses, and others obliged to celibacy, or fearful of pregnancy. Dildoes are made of wax, horn, leather, and diverse other substances, and if fame does not lie more than usually, are to be had at many of our great toy shops and nick nackatories. DILLY, an abbreviation of the word diligence, a public voiture or stage, commonly a post chaise, carrying three persons; the name is taken from the public stage vehicles, in France and Flanders. The Dillies first began to run in England, about the year 1779. DIMBER, pretty (cant); a dimber cove, a pretty fellow; dimber mort, a pretty wench. DIMBER DAMBER, a top man, or prince among the canting crew, also the chief rogue of the gang, or the compleatest cheat (cant). DING, to knock down (cant), to ding it in one's ears, to reproach or tell one something one is not desirous of hearing. DING BOY, a rogue, a hector, bully, or sharper (cant). DING DONG, helter skelter, in a hasty disorderly manner. DINGEY CHRISTIAN, a mulatto, or any one who has, as the West Indian term is, a lick of the tar brush, that is, some negroe blood in them. DIPPERS, anabaptists. DIP, to dip for a wig. Formerly in Middle row, Holborn, wigs of different sorts were (it is said) put into a close stool box, into which for three-pence any one might dip, or thrust in his hand, and take out the first wig he laid hold of; if he was dissatisfied with his prize, he might on paying three halfpence, return it, and dip again. DIPT, pawned or mortgaged. DIRTY PUZZLE, a nasty slut. DISGUISED, drunk. DISGRUNTLED, offended, disobliged. DISMAL DITTY, the psalm sung by the felons at the gallows, just before they are turned off. DISHCLOUT, a dirty greasy woman; he has made a napkin of his dishclout, a saying of one who has married his cook maid; to pin a dishclout to a man's tail, a punishment often threatened by the female servants in a kitchen, to a man who prys too minutely into the secrets of that place. DISPATCHES, a mittimus, or justice of the peace's warrant, for the commitment of a rogue. DIVER, a pick pocket, also one who lives in a cellar. DIVE, to dive, to pick a pocket; to dive for a dinner, to go down into a cellar to dinner. A dive, is a thief who stands ready to receive goods thrown out to him, by a little boy put in at a window (cant). DIVIDE, to divide the house with one's wife, to give her the outside, and keep all the inside to one's self, i. e. to turn her into the street. DO OVER, do any one over, to rob or cheat him; I have done him over, I have robbed him. DOMINE DO LITTLE, an impotent old fellow. DOASH, a cloak (cant). DOCK, to lie with a woman; the cull dockt the dell all the darkman's, the fellow lay with the wench all night. Docked smack smooth, one who has suffered amputation of his penis, from a venereal complaint. He must go into dock, a sea phrase, signifying that the person spoken of, must undergo a salivation. Docking is also a punishment inflicted by sailors, on the prostitutes who have infected them with the venereal disease, it consists in cutting off all their clothes, petticoats, shift and all, close to their stays, and then turning them into the street. DOCTOR, milk and water, with a little rum, and some nut meg also the name of a composition used by distillers, to make spirits appear stronger than they really are, or in their phrase, better proof. DOCTORS, loaded dice, that will run but two or three chances; they put the doctors upon him, they cheated him with loaded dice. DOG LATIN, barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings. DOG'S PORTION, a lick and a smell; he comes in for only a dog's portion, saying of one who is a distant admirer, or dangler after women. See dangler. DOGESS, dog's wife, or lady, a puppy's mama, jocular ways of calling a woman a bitch. DOG, an old dog at it, expert or accustomed to any thing ;. dog in a manger, one who would prevent another from enjoying what he himself does not want, an allusion to the well known fable. The dogs have not dined, a common saying to any one whose shirt hangs out behind; to dog, or dodge, to follow at a distance. DOG'S SOUP, rain water. DOGGED, surly. DOLL, Batholomew doll, a tawdry over drest woman, like one of the children's dolls sold at Bartholomew Fair; to mill doll, to beat hemp at Bridewell, or any other house of correction. DOLLY, a Yorkshire dolly, a contrivance for washing by means of a kind of wheel fixed in a tub, which being turned about, agitates and cleanses the linen put into it, with soap and water. DOMMERER, a beggar, pretending that his tongue has been cut out by the Algerines, or cruel, and blood thirsty Turks, or else that he was born deaf and dumb (cant). DONE UP, ruined by gaming, and extravagances (modern term). DONKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack ass, called donkey, perhaps from the Spanish, or don like gravity of that animal, entitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter. DOODLE, a silly fellow, or noodle. See noodle. Also a child's penis; doodle doo, or cock a doodle doo, childish appellation for a cock, from its note when crowing. DOPEY, a beggar's trull. DOSE, burglary (cant). He was cast for a felon and dose, he was found guilty of felony and burglary. DOT AND GO, ONE, to waddle, generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who as the sea phrase is, go upon an uneven keel. DOUGLAS, Roby Douglas, with one eye and a stinking breath, the breech, (sea wit). DOUSE ON THE CHOPS, a blow in the face. DOWN HILLS, dice that run low. DOXIES, she beggars, wenches, whores. DOWDY, a coarse vulgar looking woman. DOWDYING, a local joke formerly practised at Salisbury, on large companies, or persons boasting of their courage : It was performed by one Pearce, who had the knack of personating madness, and who by the direction of some of the company, would burst into a room, in a most furious manner, as if just broke loose from his keeper, to the great terror of those not in the secret. Dowdying became so much the fashion of the place, that it was exhibited before his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, father of our present sovereign. Pearce obtained the name of Dowdy, from a song he used to sing, which had for burthen the words, dow de dow. 4. DRAB, a nasty sluttish whore. DRAG, to go on the drag (cant), to follow a cart or waggon in order to rob it. DRAM, a glass or small measure of any spiritous liquor, which being originally sold by apothecaries, were estimated by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram, to spit in his mouth, and clap his back. DRAM-A-TICK, a dram served upon credit. DRAPER, an ale draper, an alehouse keeper. DRAW LATCHES, robbers of houses whose doors are only DRAUGHT, or bill on the pump at Aldgate, a bad, or false bill of Exchange. DRIPPER, a gleet. TO DRESS, to beat; I'll dress his hide neatly, I'll beat him soundly. DROMEDARY, a heavy bungling thief or rogue; a purple dromedary, a bungler in the art and mystery of thieving (cant). DROMMERARS. See dommerers. DROP A COG, to let fall (with design) a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who sees it picked up; the piece so dropt is called a dropt cog. DROP IN THE EYE, almost drunk. TO DRUB, to beat any one with a stick, or ropes end, perhaps a contraction of dry rub; it is also used to signify a good beating with any instrument. DRUMMER, a jockey term for a horse, that throws about his fore legs irregularly, the idea is taken from a kettle drum- DRUMBELO, a dull heavy fellow. DRURY LANE VESTAL, a woman of the town, or prostitute. Drury-lane and its environs, was formerly the residence of many of those ladies. DRURY LANE AGUE, the venereal disorder. |