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• Ruffian

  ·noun A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. II. Ruffian ·adj brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murd...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• ruffian

  The devil. CANT.--May the ruffian nab the cuffin queer, and let the harmanbeck trine with his kinchi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Cook

  ·vi To prepare food for the table. II. Cook ·vt To <<Throw>>. III. Cook ·vi To make the noise of t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cook

  A person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performe...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cook

  to throw ; cook me that ball, throw me that ball. Glou. ...

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

• cook

  A man of each mess who is caterer for the day, and answerable too, wherefore he is allowed the surpl...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Cook Court

  See Cock Court4, Philip Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cold cook

  An undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter. See carrion hunter. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Captain Cook

  or Cooker n. NewZealand colonists' slang. First applied to the wild pigs ofNew Zealand, supposed t...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cook-house

  See cook-house ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cook-room

  , or cook-house. The galley or caboose containing the cooking apparatus, and where victuals are dr...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Watter Cook Alley

  See Farthing Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.