bargain | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Bargain
·noun An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. II. Bargain ·noun The thing stipulated or purchas...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bargain
To sell a bargain; a species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bad bargain
One of his majesty's bad bargains; a worthless soldier, a malingeror. See malingeror. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
smithfield bargain
A bargain whereby the purchaser is taken in. This is likewise frequently used to express matches or ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
rue-bargain
applied to something given to be off the bargain. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hard bargain
A useless fellow; a skulker. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
king's bad bargain
One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to drive a bargain
To make a bargain. A common colloquial expression, as old as the language. This bargain is ful dr...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
king's hard bargain
A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book