~Colt~, a professional cricketer during his first season. From the best colts in the annual match are selected new county players.
~Colt~, to fine a new juryman a sum to be spent in drink, by way of "wetting" his office; to make a person free of a new place, which is done by his standing treat, and submitting to be struck on the sole of the foot with a piece of board.
~Colt's tooth~, elderly persons of juvenile tastes are said to have a COLT'S TOOTH, _i.e._, a desire to shed their teeth once more, to see life over again.
~Comb-cut~, mortified, disgraced, "down on one's luck."--_See_ CUT.
~Come~, a slang verb used in many phrases; "Aint he COMING IT?" _i.e._, is he not proceeding at a great rate? "Don't COME TRICKS here," "don't COME THE OLD SOLDIER over me," _i.e._, we are aware of your practices, and "twig" your manoeuvre. COMING IT STRONG, exaggerating, going ahead, the opposite of "drawing it mild." COMING IT also means informing or disclosing. Also, in pugilistic phraseology, to COME IT means to show fear; and in this respect, as well as in that of giving information, the expression "COME IT" is best known to the lower and most dangerous classes.
~Commemoration~, the end of Lent term at Oxford, when honorary degrees are conferred and certain prizes given, and when men have friends "up."
~Commission~, a shirt.--_Ancient Cant._ _Italian_, CAMICIA.
"As from our beds, we doe oft cast our eyes, Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, Which is a garment _shifting_ in condition; And in the _canting tongue_ is a COMMISSION. In weale or woe, in joy or dangerous drifts, A _shirt_ will put a man unto his _shifts_."
~Commister~, a chaplain or clergyman.--Originally _Old Cant_.
~Common sewer~, a DRAIN,--vulgar equivalent for a drink.
~Commons~, the allowance of anything sent out of the buttery or kitchen. "A COMMONS of bread," or "of cheese," for instance.--_University._ SHORT COMMONS (derived from the University slang term), a scanty meal, a scarcity.
~Competition wallah~, one who entered the Indian Civil Service by passing a competitive examination.--_Anglo-Indian._
~Compo~, a sailor's term for his monthly advance of wages.
~Comprador~, a purveyor, an agent.--_Originally Spanish, now Anglo-Chinese._