BRA NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT.

Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession. Botch. A nick name for a taylor. Bothered or Both-Earen. Talked to at both ears by differe

ent persons at the same time, confounded, confused. Irish

phrase. BOTHERAMS. A convivial society. BOTTLE-HEADED. Void of wit. Bottom. A polite term for the posteriors. Also, in the

. sporting sense, strength and spirits to support fatigue ; as a bottomed horse. Among bruisers it is used to ex

press a hardy fellow, who will bear a good beating. BOTTOMLESS Pit. The monosyllable. Bougus. Wide in the boughs,with large hips and posteriors. Boughs. He is up in the boughs; he is in a passion. To BOUNCE. To brag or hector; also to tell an improba

ble story. To bully a man out of any thing. The kiddey bounced the swell of the blowen; the lad bullied the

gentleman out of the girl. BOUNCER. A large quan or woman ; also a great lie. BOUNCING CHEAT. A bottle; from the explosion in

drawing the cork. Cant. BOUNG. A purse. Cant. . BOUNG Nipper. A cut purse. Cant.-Formerly purses

were worn at the girdle, from whence they were cut. Boos E, or Bouse. Drink. BOOSEY. Drunk. BOWSING KEN. An ale-house or gin-shop. BowSPRIT. The nose, from its being the most projecting

part of the human face, as the bowsprit is of a ship. Bow-wow. The childish name for a dog ; also a jeering

appellation for a man boru at Boston in America. Bow-wow MUTTON. Dog's flesh. Bow-wow SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street ;

so called because the servant barks, and the master bites.

See BARKER. BOWYER. One that draws a long how, a dealer in the mar

vellous, a teller of improbable stories,a liar : perhaps from

the wonderful shots frequently boasted of by archers. To Box The COMPASS. To say or repeat the mariner's

compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answer any and all questions respecting its divisions.

Seu term.
To Box THE JESUIT, AND GET Cock ROACHES.

Get Roaches. A sea term for masturbation ; a crinie, it is said, much prac

tised by the reverend fathers of that society. BrACE. The Brace tavern ; a room in the S. E.corner of the

B R E King's Bench, where, for the convenience of prisoners residing thereabouts, beer purchased at the tap-house was retailed at a halfpenny per pot advance. It was kept by two brothers of the name of Partridge, and thence cal

led the Brace.
BRACKET-FACED. Ugly, hard-featured.
BRAGGET. Mead and ale sweetened with honey.
BRAGGADOCIA. A vain-glorious fellow, a boaster.

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. BRAINS. If you had as much brains as guts, what a clever

fellow you would be ! a saying to a stupid fat fellow. To

have some guts in his brains; to know something. BRAN-FACED. Freckled. He was christened by a baker,

he carries the bran in his face. BRANDY-FACED. Red-faced, as if from drinking brandy. Brandy. Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to

prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a

glass of the good creature. BRAT. A child or infant. BRAY. A vicar of Bray ; one who frequently changes his

principles, always siding with the strongest party : an allusion to a vicar of Bray, in Berkshire, commemorated

in a well-known ballad for the pliability of his conscience. BRAZEN-FACED. Bold-faced, shameless, impudent. BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION. One slice upon the

other. John and his inaid were caught lying bread and butter fashion.-To quarrel with one's bread and butter; to act contrary to one's interest. To know on which side one's bread is buttered ; to know one's interest, or what is best for one. It is no bread and butter of mine; I have no business with it; or rather, I won't intermed

dle, because I shall get nothing by it. BREAK-TEETH Words. Hard words, difficult to pronounce. BREAKING Shins. Borrowing money; perhaps from the i figurative operation being, like the real one, extremely • disagreeable to the patient. BREAD. Employment. Out of bread; out of employment.

In bad bread; in a disagreeable scrape, or situation. BREAD BASKET. The stomach ; a term used by boxers.

I took him a punch in his bread basket ; i. e. I gave him

a blow in the stomach. BREAST FLEET. He or she belongs to the breast fleet; i.e. is

à Roman catholic; an appellation derived from their cus

tom of beating their breasts in the confession of their sins. BREECHED. Money in the pocket : the swell is well

breeched, let's draw him; the gentleman has plenty of money in his pocket, let us rob him.

BREECHES.

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BRU BREECHES. To wear the breeches; a woman who governs

her husband is said to wear the breeches. BREECHES Bible. An edition of the Bible printed in

1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves together, and made themselves breeches. BREEZE. To raise a breeze ; to kick up a dust or breed a

disturbance. BRIDGE. To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the

bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass; to pass one over. Also to play booty, or pur

posely to avoid winning BRIM. (Abbreviation of Brimstone.) An abandoned wo

man; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible wo

man, compared to brimstone for its inflammability. BRISKET BEATER. A Roman catholic. See BREAST

FLEET, and CRAW THUMPER. BRISTOL MILK A Spanish winé called sherry, much

drunk at that place, particularly in the morning. BRISTOL MAN. The son of an Irish thief and à Welch

whore. BRITISH CHAMPÁIGNE. Porter. BROGANIER. One who has a strong Irish pronunciation or

accent. BROGUE. A particular kind of shoe without a heel,

worn in Ireland, and figuratively used to signify the Irish accent.

BLADE. A soldier.
BUSKIN. A player.

Bung. · A brewer.
BROTHER OF THE

Cour. A serjeant at law.
Gusset. A pimp.
QUILL. An author.
STRING. A fiddler.

WHIP. A coachman.
BROTHER STARLING. One who lies with the same woman,

that is, builds in the same nest. BROUGHTONIAN. A boxer: a disciple of Broughton,

who was a beef-eater, and once the best boxer of his day. BROWN Bess. A soldier's firelock. To hug brown Bess; to

carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier. BROWN GEORGE: An ammunition loaf,

. An ammunition loaf. A wig without powder; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty. BROWN MADAM, or Miss Brown. The monosyllable. BROWN STUDY. Said of one absent, in a reverie, or

thoughtful. BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing; also an inferior workman among chasers.

BREWS,

BU D BEEWES, or BROWES. The fat scum from the pot in

which salted beef is boiled. To Brush. To run away. Let us buy a brush and lope ;

let us go away or off. To have a brush with a woman; to lie with her. To have a brush with a man; to fight with him. The cove cracked the peter and bought a brush;

the fellow broke open the trunk, and then ran away.
BRUSHER. A bumper, a full glass. See BUMPER.
BUB. Strong beer.
BUBBER.

A drinking bowl; also a great drinker; a thief that steals plate from public houses. Cant. THE BUBBLE. The party cheated, perhaps from his

being like an air bubble, filled with words, which are

only wind, instead of real property. To BUBBLE. Tocheat. To BAR THE BUBBLE. To except against the general

rule, that he who lays the odds must always be adjudged

the loser : this is restricted to betts laid for liquor. BUBBLY JOCK. A turkey cock. Scotch. BUBBLE AND SQUEAK. Beef and cabbage fried together.

It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst

over the fire. Bube. The venereal disease. Buck. A blind horse; also a gay debauchee. TO RUN A BUCK. To poll a bad yote at an election...

Irish term. Buck BAIL. Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang. A BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD. One who in debauchery

surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in London divers lodges or societies of Bucks, formed in imitation of the Free Masons: one was held at the Rose, in Monkwell-street, about the year 1705. The president is styled the Grand Buck. A buck

sometimes signifies a cuckold. BUCK'S FACE. A cuckold. Buck . BUCK FITCH A lecherous old fellow. BUCKEEN. A bully. Irish. BUCKET. To kick the bucket; to die. BUCKINGER's Boot. The monosyllable. Matthew

Buckinger was born without hands and legs; notwithstanding which he drew coats of arms very neatly, and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling; he was married to a tall handsome woman,

and traversed the country, shewing himself for money. BUCKLES. Fetters. BUDGE, or SNEAKING Budge. One that slips into houses BUDGE

BU L in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes. Also lambs' fur formerly used for doctors' robes, whence they were called budge doctors. Standing budge; a thief's

scout or spy: To BUDGE. To move, or quit one's station. Don't budge

from hence ; i.e. don't move from hence, stay here. BUDGET. A wallet. To open the budget; a term used

to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing year; as Tomorrow the minister will go to the house, and open the

budget. BUFE. A dog. Bufe's nob; a dog's head. Cant. BUFB NABBER. A dog stealer. Cant. Buff. All in buff; stript to the skin, stark naked. BUFF. To stand buff ; to stand the brunt. To swear as a

witness. He buffed it home; and I was served; he

swore hard against me, and I was found guilty. Buffer. One that steals and kills horses and dogs for

their skins; also an inn-keeper: in Ireland it signifies a

boxer. BUFFER. A man who takes an oath : generally applied to:

Jew bail. BUFFLE-HEADED. Confused, stupid. Bug. A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen;

bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Ireland by

the English. To Bcg. A cant word among journeymen hatters, sig

nifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of which a hat is made for others of less value.

Hats are composed of the furs and wool of divers animals among which is a small portion of beavers' fur. Bugging, is stealing the beaver,and substituting in lieu thereof an equal weight of some cheaper ingredient.--Bailiffs who take money to postpone or refrain the serving of a writ, are

said to bug the writ. BUG-HUNTER. An upholsterer. BUGABOE. A scare-babe, or bully-beggar. BUGAROCH. Comely, handsome. Irish. BUGGY. A one-horse chaise. BUGGER, A blackguard, a rascal, a term of reproach. Mill

the bloody bugger; beat the damned rascal. BULK AND FILE. Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the

party to be robbed, and the file does the business. Bulker. One who lodges all night on a bulk or projection

before old-fashioned shop windows. BULI.. An Exchange Alley term for one who buys stock

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