BULL-TRAPS. Rogues who personate officers for the purpose of extorting money.
BULLY. A lump of lead tied in a corner of a kerchief.
BUN. A fellow that can not be shaken off.
BURNERS. Rogues who cheat countrymen with false cards or dice.
BURNT OUT. Worn-out roués; fellows that sorrow for the past, fear the future, and can only make the present endurable through means that are revolting to human reason.
BURST. The conclusion of an entertainment; a spree.
BURSTER. A burglar. Sometimes it denotes bread.
BUTTON. To secure; to entice a simpleton to play.
BUZZING. Searching for. "I was in a push and had to buzz about half a glass before I touched a flat's thimble and slang. I fenced the swag for half a century"--"I was in a crowd and searched for half an hour before I succeeded in stealing a man's watch and chain, which I sold for fifty dollars."
CAB-MOLL. A woman that keeps a bad house.
CACKLE. To blab. "The cove cackles"--tells all he knows.
CAD. A baggage-smasher; a railroad conductor.
CAKE. An easy fool of a policeman; a flat cop.
CAM. Cambric, "Cam wiper." Cambric kerchief.
CAN'T SEE. Very drunk; so that he can not see a hole through a ladder.
CANNIS COVE. A dog-man; a dog-merchant; a dog-thief.
CAP. To join in, "I will cap in with him"--I will appear to be his friend.
CAPPER. One who supports another's assertion, to assist in cheating, "The burner bammed the flat with sham books, and his pal capped in for him"--The sharp cheated the countryman with false cards, and his confederate assisted (capped) in the fraud.
CAPTAIN HEEMAN. A blustering fellow; a coward.
CARAVAN. Plenty of cash; rich; money enough.
CASA. A house, "Tout that casa"--mark that house. "It is all bob; let's dub the gig of the casa"--Now the coast is clear; let us break open the door of the house.
CAST. Course, "He traversed the cast"--he walked the course.
CAT. A drunken prostitute; a cross old woman; a muff; a pewter pot.
CAT AND MOUSE. Keeps house, "He keeps a cat and mouse."
CENTURY. One hundred dollars; one hundred.
CHALKS. To walk your chalks; to run away.
CHANT. Talk; to publish; to inform. "Give me your chant," Give me your name.
CHEESE. Be silent; listen. "Cheese it, the coves are fly," be silent, the people understand us.