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Nipper
·noun One who, or that which, nips. II. Nipper ·noun The <<Cunner>>. III. Nipper ·noun A <<Satiris...

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nipper
n. local name in Sydney for Alphaeussocialis, Heller, a species of prawn. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
nipper
The armourer's pincers or tongs. Also, a hammock with so little bedding as to be unfit for stowing i...

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men
mēn for mēne, see 2 ne. ...

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Men
·noun ·pl of Man. II. Men ·pl of <<Man>>. III. Men ·pron A man; one; — used with a verb in the si...

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men
them; e.g. put min up, i.e. put them up. Exm. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
men
The ship's company in general. ...

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boung nipper
A cut purse. CANT. -- Formerly purses were worn at the girdle, from whence they were cut. ...

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Decoy-men
·pl of Decoy-man. ...

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Men-pleaser
·noun One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. ...

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Remainder-men
·pl of Remainder-man. ...

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Trencher-men
·pl of Trencher-man. ...

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Wise men
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. ...

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abram men
Pretended mad men. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
affidavit men
Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justic...

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dead men
A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...

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lambskin men
The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
moon men
Gypsies. ...

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phoenix-men
Firemen belonging to an insurance office, which gave a badge charged with a phoenix: these men were ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
resurrection men
Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of church-yards. ...

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robert's men
The third old rank of the canting crew, mighty thieves, like Robin Hood. ...

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tally men
Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town. See rabbit suckers. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
government men
n. an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.). 1846. G. H. ...

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abraham-men
A cant term for vagabonds, who formerly begged about under pretence of having been discharged destit...

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ack-men
, or ack-pirates Fresh-water thieves; those who steal on navigable rivers. ...

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barge-men
The crew of the barge, who are usually picked men. Also, the large maggots with black heads that inf...

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beach-men
A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf. ...

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carpet-men
Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...

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dead-men
The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...

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dogger-men
The seafaring fishermen belonging to doggers. ...

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forced men
Those serving in pirate vessels, but who refused to sign articles. ...

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forecastle-men
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen. ...

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foretop-men
Men stationed in the fore-top in readiness to set or take in the smaller sails, and to keep the uppe...

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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen. ...

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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...

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hoppo-men
Chinese custom-house officers. ...

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host-men
An ancient guild or fraternity at Newcastle, to whom we are indebted for the valuable sea-coal trade...

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kroo-men
, or crew-men. Fishmen. A tribe of African negroes inhabiting Cape Palmas, Krou-settra, and Settra...

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letter men
See king's letter men. ...

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liberty-men
Those on leave of absence. ...

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loco-men
See loc-men ...

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loc-men
, or loco-men. An old term for pilots. ...

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material men
The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c., to repair or fit out ships. The high court of A...

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port-men
A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...

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quota-men
Those raised for the navy at enormous expense by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795, under bounties of from ...

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shoute-men
The old name for the lightermen of the Thames. ...

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side-men
See side-boys ...

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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...

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widows' men
Imaginary sailors, formerly borne on the books as A.B.'s for wages in every ship in commission; they...

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Wise Men
[Magi] ...

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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>. ...

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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
men of straw
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
men of kent
Men born east of the river Medway, who are said to have met the Conqueror in a body, each carrying a...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
raree shew men
Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London. ...

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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...

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five-share men
In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares. ...

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harbour-duty men
Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...

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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy. ...

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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...

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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list. ...

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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out. ...

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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...

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wise men of gotham
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuc...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
command-of-mind men
Steady officers, who command coolly. ...

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merry men of may
Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides. ...

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turn over men, to
To discharge them out of one ship into another. ...

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Star Of The Wise Men
[Magi] ...

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