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napper
The head; also a cheat or thief. ...

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She
(·obj) A woman; a female; — used substantively. II. She (·obj) This or that female; the woman unde...

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bus-napper
A constable. CANT. ...

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clank napper
A silver tankard stealer. See rum bubber. ...

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prig napper
A thief taker. ...

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she house
A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches. ...

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she lion
A shilling. ...

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she-beech
n. See beech. ...

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she-oak
n. 1) A tree of the genus Casuarina (q.v.). The timber, which is very hard andmakes good fuel, was ...

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napper of naps
A sheep stealer. CANT. ...

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she-oak nets
nets placed on each side of a gangwayfrom a ship to the pier, to prevent sailors who have beenindulg...

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away she goes
The order to step out with the tackle fall. The cry when a vessel starts on the ways launching; also...

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off she goes!
Means run away with the purchase fall. Move to the tune of the fifer. The first move when a vessel i...

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room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.
Stealing poultry. ...

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