cog

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

1) The money, or whatsoever the sweeteners drop to draw in a bubble.


2) A tooth. A queer cog; a rotten tooth. How the cull flashes his queer cogs; how the fool shews his rotten teeth.

TO COG

To cheat with dice; also to coax or wheedle, To cog a die; to conceal or secure a die. To cog a dinner; to wheedle one out of a dinner.

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