Paddock-a small park, without its clumps, plantations, water, or vistas-a large plain field, about a mile long, and as wide as the house and homestead. Also, an inclosure for coursing-matches.

Paddy-the familiar of Patrick; common to all Ireland is Paddy Bull. A Paddy-row,' more jackets off than blows struck, where sticks supply the place of fists. A Patlander-any Irishman.

Pal-a companion on a tour, or in any small expedition, as robbery, fornication, &c.; either masc. or fem. but mostly the former. Derived from Palfrey-a lady's curvetting horse; and she being timid, would be attended by a running servitor, or palfrey-man, who by abbreviation became her pal, if he and the horse were not the pals. Palaver-soothing talk, generally of the high-flown kind, by a travelled swindler, or a gin-bibber, half seas over, who means to show off. Of Sunday mornings numerous palavers are held at every corner of St. Giles's, in Kentstreet, and Petticoat-lane rookeries, usually at the ends of courts where the parties ordinarily go to roost. Whenever it happens that two palavering parties wish to be cock of the walk, they come to blows, which produce a Paddy-row.

Pam-at loo, the knave of clubs takes the ace of trumps. Pandemonium-learned gamblers use this word for a gaminghouse, instead of "hell;" whither the reader is desired to go, in search of farther intelligence.

Panny--a small house, or low apartment; a dwelling-shed, or gipsey building without stairs.

Panum-bread. "Mat de dem div, me Middery?" asks the gipsey child. Ans. Nonarem panum; i. e. What did they give you, mammy? Ans. nothing but bread.' Parenthesis (a)-it is this thing, itself (); and when a man's nose, or any prominent part of him, may get irrevocably between the thing-he is in a bad way: some few novices have died of it.

Park-an inclosed space, having game; an immense field with plantations: individual exclusive property, and the third in degree after forest (1) and chase (2), warren being the fourth and last of free-chase' divisions. The Park is also the rules or privileged circuit round the king's-bench or fleet. The park is well stocked,' when many prisoners have obtained the rules.

Parlour-may be a room as well as some other thing. Mrs.
Fubbs's front parlour is no part of any building; yet have
we got sky-parlour,' for the attic garret.'
"My lodging is in Leather-lane,

In a parlour that's next to the sky;
It admits both the wind and the rain,
But the rain and the wind I defy."

she who is said to let out her parlour and lie backward,' cannot be supposed to repose with her face downwards. Parry-(ring) to prevent blows descending on the body, whereupon the receiver should return with the same hand. See Stop, Guard, Counter-hit. Patrician order-the nobility.

Passion-bon-ton-a taste for any given pursuit. 'Our Fred.
has a great passion for grey horses;' another has 'a pas-
sion for skating,' and a third, a passion for full frills,
pudding cravats, and plaited pantallions,' whilst Maria
drives slowly along Rotan-row, that she may indulge her
passion for quizzing the men-calves in the Mall.'
Patter--small-talk and flashy. Derived from the French
patois, or vulgar long-shore dialect; it comes to us, navally,
per sea, our tars using it for persuasive language. Thus
our incomparable Dibdin the elder:

"Go patter to lubbers and swabs do you see
About danger and fear and the like "

Beggars are said to 'patter well,' when they deliver a
good moving tale. So hawkers of small wares use it;
a good patterer,' and 'no patterer,' showing the degree
of qualification a man may possess in praising off his
goods. 'Tom Kinnersley was the very best book-patterer
in all England;' but Jemmy Speers, now, is the best von
for pattering off his brushes.' Tom Tag and Bob Sanders
are rival patterers in rostra; the Bathotic chaos of book-
learning. The Patter is also Trial at the Old Bailey:
speaking of a discharged culprit, the song-smith says,
'He stood the patter,

But that's no matter,

A man may be dried who has been in the water-
He a pardon receiv'd from a gracious king,

And swaggering Jack was just the thing.

Pay-away-(ring); when one man gets disabled, by a stunning blow or otherwise, the other sarves him out, fast and quick, by paying away at his jolly-nob, ribs, and breadbasket.

Peck and boose-meat and drink.

See Boosey.

A saucy rolling blade am I,

My name is Donkey-Dick,

Through London streets my wares I cry,
Up peck and boose to pick.

Peckham (going to)-dinner. All holiday at Peckham'no appetite. No Peckham for Ben, he's been to Clapham,' i. e. is indisposed, in a certain way.

hungry.

Peckish

To Peg a horse-to drive a bit of wood between the hoof and shoe on one foot, to superinduce lameness, when he is already lame of the corresponding leg: punishable barbarity.

Pen, ink, and paper-a piece of chalk and of board, on which to keep a milk-score, or the nine chalks of low gamblers.

Peristaltic persuaders-Dr. Kitchener's relief balls for gourmands, much in request every 10th November, and at every cabinet dinner-where they swallow "cheese parings and candle-ends"-the nasty rogues. Abernethey's 'blue pill, or "R. Pil. Hydrargyri Gr. iij de diem in diem. J. A. Chirurg."

Person-young women are designated as young persons wanting situations.' Bill Noon addressed the more dandified part of his customers (male) with how is your small person to-day?' See' Carnigal body,' of Rees. Peter-a box or portmanteau. Petermen-those who follow coaches and waggons to cut off packages.

Philistines sheriffs' officers and their followers; revenueofficers; the press-gang, and police-officers.

Physicking-winning a man's blunt at cards, or other wagers, is giving him a physicking.' The physicking system was put in force at the Doncaster St. Leger, 1822; and in the battles between Josh. Hudson and the Caulker, as well as at Lashbroke and Parrish's ditto.

'Piazzas, to walk the'-is the first indication of a girl's turning loose upon the wide world: a-while 'tis all sunshine, but briars and brambles soon spring up. See Flesh-market.' To Pick in wrestling-provincial of the North, to throw a

man.

Piece-a soldier calls his musket his piece, and so he calls his trull; but high-flyers are so termed--behind their backs. Agamemnon, in the council of war, said, speaking of Chryseis:

From this dear loving wench I'll part,
The only comfort of my heart;
But since I must resign for Greece,
I shall expect as good a piece.

Pig-a man charged with being one is supposed to have dirty piggish habits: some selfish fellows of fortune bear about the title all their lives. Pig's whisper;' is briefness itself, 'tis a grunt. What would you have of a pig but a grunt? To buy a pig in a poke,' or bag; a blind bargain, without taking a sight of the thing bought. 'Cold pig' goods returned upon tradesmen's hands instead of money, is an unsavoury thing, and so is cold pig. A learned pig,' is he who repeats often and with display, the same Latin distich, or employs metaphysical arguA man who talks mathematically and knows no more of science than an unshaved pig,' is in a poor way: the remark is offensive; but if he be so piggish as not to know this beforehand, he deserves no other treatment. To stuff a fat pig in the tail,' to give unnecessarily, Thus Peter Pindar (John Wolcot)

ments.

"And then for why, the folk do rail;

To stuff an old fat pig i' th' tail,-
Old gripus of Long-Leat."

Pigeon-see Flight. Pigeon-fancier,' a breeder-as Lord Torrington. Some, however, fancy the killing of pigeons, as the Ashton club in Oxfordshire, and the Midgham, Surrey, pigeonites. To pigeon the news,' is to send information by the carrier-pigeon. So fellows who ran or rode with news surreptitiously obtained, received the name of pigeons, from their occupation. Pigeon,' and 'blue pigeon,' is another name for lead. To fly the pigeon,' to steal lead. A pigeon' may also be a man, and is generally a young one, who parts with his blunt freely at gambling, and is rooked; older persons also stay and get plucked sometimes, until they have not a feather to fly with; this is the case with the greatest captain of the age,' as well as with the royal commander-in-chief,' i. e. the Messrs. Marshals. Such men, after the plucking, become bald-coots.

Pimpie-the head of man or woman. Such a tumour-like nomen shows how low the speaker's opinion is of the thing spoken of. See Canister, Nob.

Pink-one above the common run of mankind in his manful

exertions, is a pink. "Such a pink at skittles is Jem Bunn, he is the pink of all Bow;" i. e. the best player at skittles in the town of Bow. My bitch beat the best among them to-night; she is the pink of the pit so far.' 'Now, be a pink for once,' said to a combatant to keep up his: spirits. I felt myself suddenly pinked all over, like the man in the almanack; no blow of finishing importance to be sure, but all conducing toward victory : vide Jack Furby's account of his battle with Belcher. • Meddle with my affairs and I'll pink your eye out?' a commonplace rebuff. In this round the baker's eye shewed pinky.' The wearing of pinks in the mouth or coat button-hole I was formerly much practised: if one man pulled out another's pink from coat or mouth, a fight was the consequence. Pin-drop-the negative is understood: 'let not a pin drop,' while a song is going on, or some favourite speaker is trying to make himself understood.

Pins the legs. 'Get up on your pins, and speak out.' Pip-an Irishman, in his extacies, interlards his expressions with a number of drolleries-all carrying something of their meaning in the sound, and many drawn from the Celtic, though seeming like Tom fooleries to the low English:

"With a hey, pip, and a drimendoo, whack!

Small brains in the hat where my head chanc'd to be,
And sure to my coat I had only one back."

Sing whack! dilly-doolly, sing pip.

Piss-quick-gin and water; hot acts the quickest.

Coleman.

Moneys.

Agen--AWelchman's pun upon a prize-fight reporter's reports. Vide [Old] Fancy, No. 15, p. 368. Cowards, terrorstruck persons, and departing subjects, contract the fundus of their bladders, when so affected, by way of Vale, Vale, benedicite, and so deluge their inexpressibles: the sphincter does not always relax upon such occasions, but the contrary. Patroclus adviseth Achilles, thus:

"Let's leave this mighty man of pleasure,

To kiss his doxies at his leisure:

When Hector comes, we'll then be mist;
When Hector comes, he'll be be-p-

-t."

The Pit-means the area in which dogs are pitted against each other, and is extended to the whole building generally, as, the Duck-lane pit, the Tufton-street, and (to,