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Puke, to Spue.
Pug, Pugnasty, a meer Pug, a nasty Slut, a sor∣ry Jade, of a Woman; also a Monkey.
Puling, Sickly.
Pummel, the Hilt, Han∣dle, or round Knob of a Sword, or Saddle; also to Beat I Pummel'd his
A new dictionary of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers [sic], thieves, cheats &c., with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches &c. : useful for all sorts of people (especially foreigners) to secure their money and preserve their lives ; besides very diverting and entertaining being wholly new / by B.E.
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- A new dictionary of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers [sic], thieves, cheats &c., with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches &c. : useful for all sorts of people (especially foreigners) to secure their money and preserve their lives ; besides very diverting and entertaining being wholly new / by B.E.
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- London :: Printed for W. Hawes ..., P. Gilbourne ..., and W. Davis ...,
- [1699]
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"A new dictionary of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers [sic], thieves, cheats &c., with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches &c. : useful for all sorts of people (especially foreigners) to secure their money and preserve their lives ; besides very diverting and entertaining being wholly new / by B.E." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39127.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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Sides for him, I Beat him soundly.
Pump, to wheedle Se∣crets out of any one; also to drench, Bailives, Serjeants, Pick-pockets, &c. Pumpt dry, not a Word left to say.
Pun, to Play with Words and Sounds.
Punch, Brandy and Water, with Limes or Lemon-juice; also a thick short Man. Punch Nag, a short, thick, fat, squat, strong Horse
Punch-houses, Bawdy-houses.
Punchable, old passa∣ble Money, Anno 1695.
Punk, a little Whore.
Puny Child, weak lit∣tle Puny Stomack. Puny Judge, the Junior or Youngest.
Pure, c. a Mistress.
Purest▪pure, c. a Top-Mistress, or Fine Wo∣man.
Pupil-mongers, Tutors at the Universities, that have many Pupils, and make a Penny of them.
Puritans, Puritanical, those of the precise Cut, strait-laced Precisians, whining (as Osborn saies) for a Sanctity God never yet trusted out of Heaven.
Purl, Worm-wood in∣fus'd in Ale.
Purl-Royal, Canary with a dash of Worm∣wood.
Pursenets, c. Goods taken upon Trust by young Unthrifts at tre∣ble the Value; also a little Purse.
Purse-proud, haughty because Rich.
Pursy, Foggy, Fat.
Pushers, Canary-birds new Flown that cannot Feed themselves.
Pushing-School, a Fenc∣ing School; also a Baw∣dy-house. At a Push, at a pinch or strait. At Push of Pike, at Defiance. Push-pinn, Childrens Play. To Push on one's Fortune, to advance, or run it up.
Put. A Country-Put, a silly, shallow-pated Fel∣low. Put to it, Beset.