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by Rory Clements


  Mish: smock

  Mort: a female

  Mort of Rome: the Queen of England

  Nan: maid of a house

  Nap: an arrest

  Nimming: stealing

  Nip a bung: cut a purse

  Otter: sailor

  Plant the whids: mind what you say

  Popps: pistols

  Ruffmans: woods

  Rumbo ken: pawnbroker

  Rum mort: fine woman

  Shark: to swindle; prey upon

  Smeer: painter

  Snaffler: highwayman

  Tip: give

  Tit: horse

  Tom Pat: parson

  Tout: take heed

  Tripe: belly

  Wobble: to boil

  Yam: to eat

  Yelp: town crier

  Zad: crooked

 

 

 


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