PLUMBY. It is all right, or as it should be; we have plenty; they have enough.
PLUMP. Rich; plenty of money. "A plump skin," a full purse.
POLISHER. One who is in prison. "The cove polishes the people's iron with his eyebrows," the fellow looks out of the grated windows of his prison.
POLL HIM. Get hold of the property, and then refuse to pay for it.
POLT. A blow. "Lend the pam a polt in the muns," give the fool a blow in the face.
POMP. The game. "Save the pomp," save the game.
PONCESS. A woman that keeps a man by prostitution.
PONEY. Money. "Post the poney," put down the money.
POPS. Pistols. "I popped the bloke," I shot the fellow.
PORK. To inform the coroner of the whereabouts of a corpse.
PORKER. A saddle. Saddles are mostly made of hog's skins.
PORT ST. MARTIN. A valise; a portmanteau.
POT-HUNTER. A poor person who steals food only to prevent himself from starving.
POULTERER. A fellow who opens letters, abstracts the money and then drops them back into the post-office box. "The kiddy was pulled for the poultry rig," the boy was arrested for opening letters and robbing them.
PROSPECTING. Looking for something to steal.
PULL. To arrest. To "pull a purse," is to steal a purse.
PUNCH. A blow struck with the fist. "A punch in the day-light, the victualling-office, or the haltering place," a blow in the eye, the stomach, or under the ear.
PUT A FELLOW UP TO HIS ARMPITS. Cheated by his companions of his share of the plunder.
PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL. Buried in the earth.
PUT UP. Information given to thieves by persons in the employ of parties to be robbed, such as servants, clerks, porters, etc., whereby the thief is facilitated in his operations.
PUT UP JOB. A job is said to be put up if the porter of a store should allow a "fitter" to take an impression of the keys of the door or the safe; or when a clerk sent to the bank to make a deposit, or to draw an amount of money, allows himself to be thrown down and robbed, in order to have his pocket picked.
QUAG. Unsafe; not reliable; not to be trusted.
QUARTERED. To receive a part of the profits.
QUEEN DICK. Never. "It happened in the reign of Queen Dick," it never occurred; has never been.
QUEEN STREET. "The joskin lives in Queen Street," the fool is governed entirely by his wife.