sneaking budge

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• Sneaking

  ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Sneak>>. II. Sneaking ·adj Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openne...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Budge

  ·v Brisk; stirring; jocund. II. Budge ·adj Austere or stiff, like scholastics. III. Budge ·adj Lin...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• budge

  or sneaking budge One that slips into houses in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes. Also la...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• budge

  brisk, jocund : budge also means to stir, move, or walk away ; do not budge from hence. ...

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

• Sneaking Alley

  In the Tower (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• sneaking notion

  To have a sneaking notion for a lady, is to have a timid or concealed affection for her. Well, I al...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Budge, Ernest A. Wallis

  Litt.D., etc Orientalist, etc. Has produced ed. of numerous Assyrian and Egyptian texts. The Dwelle...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Budge Row

  South-east from Watling Street to Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook and Cordwainer Wards. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• darkman's budge

  One that slides into a house in the dark of the evening, and hides himself, in order to let some of ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• budge-barrel

  A small cask with copper and wooden hoops, and one head formed by a leather hose or bag, drawing clo...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Castle Court, Budge Row

  South out of Budge Row at No. 10 to Cloak Lane. In Vintry and Cordwainer Wards (W. Stow, 1720-Elmes,...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.