Thieves who carry about pins, laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of offering their goods to sale, rob houses, or pilfer any thing they can lay hold of.
·noun ·sg & ·pl An old game resembling backgammon. II. Irish ·adj Of or pertaining to Ireland or to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such...
Out of Glasshouse Yard, Goodman's Yard, Minories (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the maps....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Potatoes. It is a common joke against the Irish vessels, to say they are loaded with fruit and timbe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A woman with two black eyes. ...
A false witness. ...
Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispens...
Old salt beef: hence the sailor's address to his salt beef "Salt horse, salt horse, what brought y...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Rope-yarns hanging about on the rigging. Loose reef-points or gaskets flying about, or fag-ends of r...