horses side by side; derived from Courir,' to run, or from 'Coracling,' when the horses do not step out together. Customer-one cheapening a horse is ' a pretty customer,' if he offer much less than the animal costs. In the ring, a man who is ready to fight any proper person is ' in want of a customer.'

"Cut.'-Drunk; also, the old name of an engraving. To cut, to quit and go away from cutting the cable. Naval.. (See Knife. Chise.)

• Cut bene'-to talk smoothly.

Cut (v.) to sever connection with an undesirable acquaintance, neighbour, or old friend. Many degrees of cutting occur to the mind if slightly known as a fellow-traveller, the cutter insists he never was at the place, nor sailed in the vessel mentioned; and finally denies his own name. This is the cut obtuse. To look an old friend in the face, and affeet not to recollect him; this is the cut direct. To look any where but at him; is the cut modest or cut indirect. To forget names with a good grace; as, instead of Tom, Dick, or Harry, to address an old friend with-" Sir," or "MisterWhat's your name?" This is the cut courteous. To dart up an alley, dash across the street, slip into a shop, or do any thing to avoid the trouble of nodding to some one; is the cut circumbendibus. (See Rump.-Knife it.)

Cut Capers He cut capers for joy,' i. e. danced about. 'The Bristol-man set-to with a caper.' Dancing-masters. live by cutting capers; whence the Epitaph on one, at Brynylls, in Brecknockshire :

Man's life's a vapour,

And full of woes;

He cuts a caper,
And down he goes.

'Cute; sharp, knowing-Acute abbreviated.
'Gad! I was so cute, when the players com'd down,
I ax'd' How d'ye do?' of the show-folk."

Cutting-out-in Cocking 'tis usual for one of a brood to be taken from the rest and sacrificed to a stronger fowl-or 'cut out,' in order to ascertain the bottom of his brothers. Cyprians-high flash for whores, derived from Cyprus, the residence of Calypso, the first going, as to era and qualifications.

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Dab-a bed; and sixpence is the price for a dorse. It is not every roosting-ken' where they will let people lie a bed all day, nor enter after twelve o'clock in the Darkey. Dabster The Pink of Bow is a dabster at skittles, and so a'nt Joe Mew;' but the latter would not put up with a dab in the chops from the former. Dace-two-pence; Deux, pron. slummily. Dace-head-a silly, mouthing fellow, having leathern lips and his teeth in his throat, like the fish so named. Daddle, the hand, right-- Tip us your daddle;' shake hands to confirm a bargain, or make up a quarrel; or previously to fighting, as if saying, no deadly animosity exists.' Dairies-woman's breasts.

'Damn a horse if I do'--originally it was (no doubt) damn me for a horse.

Dandy-an invention of 1816, and applied to persons whose extravagant dress called forth the sneers of the vulgar; they were mostly young men who had this designation, and they were charged with wearing stays-a mistake easily fallen into, their wide web-belts having that appearance. Men of fashion all became dandy soon after; having imported a good deal of French manner in their gait, lispings, wrinkled foreheads, killing king's English, wearing immense plaited pantaloons, the coat cut away, small waistcoat, with cravat and chitterlings immense : Hat small; hair frizzled and protruding. If one fell down, he could not rise again without assistance. Yet they assumed to be a little au militaire, and some wore mustachios. Lord Petersham was at the head of this sect of mannerists. Dandyzette-feminine of the preceding: her characteristics were, a large poked bonnet, short petticoats much flounced, and paint. When she walked she kept the step with her Dandy, as if they had been drilled together in Birdcagewalk. Dandy-ism-pertaining to Dandy. See Jack o' Dandy.

Dandymania-the rage or desire to become dandyfied. In the reign of Mary I. square-toed shoes were in fashion, and the Dandies of that day wore them so prodigiously broad, that a royal proclamation was issued, ordering that no man should wear his shoes above six inches square at the toes.

Dandy Horse-Velocipede, or instrument for journeying far and fast two wheels, one behind the other, supporting a bar of wood; the traveller gets across and propels himself forward, by striking his feet against the ground. Hundreds of such might be seen in a day; the rage ceased in about three years, and the word is becoming obsolete. Darbies-Irons, fetters; not so much used on culprits recently, being restricted in the Newgate regulations to malefactors, or convicted felons. Formerly, the free intercourse which existed between the outside and the inside of the jug just named, begat a practice of silvering over the darbies of big rogues: now disused.

"Come rattle up your darbies."

'The Darby-roll-discharged felons, who have long worn the darbies, fancying they are still fettered, acquire a roll in their gait-not easily overcome.

Darkmans a dark lanthorn, Darkey, night. Bene darkey, good night.

Davy's Locker-the other world; in death's keeping

"And if to old Davy I go, my dear Poll,

You never may hear of me more.”

DIBDIN,

The word may not, however, be originally naval. When David Garrick died, his brother George went soon after, and was said to be Gone to Davy

Day-lights-the eyes; whilst night-lights are lanthorns. "The hero (Achilles) in his tent they found,

His day-lights fixed upon the cold, cold ground."

Deadly lively-is one who is half stupid, but pretending to his wonted activity and nous.

: dead

Dead-weight-Merchants and tradesmen talk of their partners in trade who do not Push along keep moving,' as weight' upon the concern. In turf affairs 'dead weight' is that addition which a light-weight jockey wears about him, to bring him to a certain ponderosity: 'Tis very inconvenient sometimes to the jockey.

Deady's, a drop of' Gin,--so called after the rectifier's name in reality, without slangery. Deudy is dead, now; and this word must be transferred to our addenda in the next edition.

Dealer, a general'-a species of fence very common in the City, which sprung up with the necessities of the war, and are continued by the influence of the Insolvent Act: they

buy, at quarter-cost, goods of multifarious kinds-no matter how obtained. A dealer and chapman' is one who is but just within the meaning of the bankrupt laws; and • Dealer in marine stores' placed over the shop (?)—“ in letters four inches high"-but so slender as to be scarcely legible, are rogues by the first intention,' according to act of parliament. A dealer at a Rouge et Noir table; he who shuffles the cards, and deals destruction upon the wrong-colour men.

Deer-the genus cervi, generally; differing in habitudes on the same lands, they become more distinct in various countries, forming the highest species of field-sports every where. We have the hart and hind, buck and doe, (indigenous), and lately imported the rein-deer of Lapland and Cervi Wapeti of the Missouri. Our native deer are those of antler and the pole-the red and the fallow; the former come out nearly white, and obtain colour the third or fourth year; red deer (all red) are indigenous of Devon; others, the face only, brown sides and black stripe down the back. Derby (the)-Sweepstakes so called, after the late Earl Derby, instituted 1780, are for 3-year-olds, 50 guineas each, held annually at Epsom, in May. They run a mile and threequarters, carrying--colts 8 st. 7 lb., fillies 8 st. 2 lb. 53 horses were subscribed for these stakes in 1822. The second horse in receives £100. Derby-weights—are those just mentioned. Gentlemen running matches of 3-year-olds often agree upon Derby weights,' or, from some trivial circumstances of less age or height, demand to throw off a pound or two of the Derby.' Degrees a jail-bird is said to have taken his degrees who has inhabited one of those academies' called starts: He is entered and matriculated by a whipping bout; three months quod makes him an under-graduate; six months a batchelor of arts; twelve months more is the gradu doctoris towards his final promotion.

Demirep feminine of Buck, Swell, and Corinthian, which see. Dennis a small walking-stick.

Derry-down triangle-a name bestowed upon Castlereagh, the Irish member for Londonderry, for his services during the insurrections of 1796-8, when the Paddies' backs were tickled at the halberts, under the auspices of said Irish secretary.

Devil-He is brought in to aid in every case, thus-'As

sure as you are there, and I am here, and God's in heaven and the devil's in Ireland.' Devilish is used as a superlative by many men, who are devilish foolish when they say, they are either devilish queer or devilish cold, devilish glad or devilish sad—the devil being neither of these. Diamond-bright' said in allusion to a man's faculties, when they are diamond-bright.' Spoken also of woman's eyes, sparkling. Bright as a ruby;' has the same origin in thing's precious, with similar allusion to the state of health in a horse, a man, &c. 'Tis

'Diamond cut diamond' when two sharpers meet.

Dib-chick-a choice or favorite cock-chicken, a pet of the walk, and applied to her fancy-man by Chloris.

D. I. Ditch-in course at Newmarket; from the Ditch towards the town, it is 2 miles 97 yards; is a plain, and good for four-year-olds. The D. M. wants 42 yards of a mile in length.

Diabolus Regii-the King's Attorney-general; so appelled by the great "little Waddington," radically speaking, in Coram Banco Regis. The Radical used diavolus, which would be the same thing-hispanically speaking; and the Timerian critic was out, hypercritically out, when he attempted i to alter the nominative into Regius.

Dice, Dies-square pieces of ivory, the six sides whereof are marked with spots, ascending to that number from one. They are made, as the name imports, of a true die, or square; but the material (ivory) being harder and heavier, as it may be cut nearer to the centre of the tooth, one side of each die will ever be disposed to lie undermost— and this is its bias or tendency. To find out this bias, the proficient Leg spends a day or two in throwing them in every varied manner; now rolling them out of the box gently, now rudely, now amongst the men, (in backgammon) then against the sides. Loaded 'Dice' is the most flagrant of the robberies carried on in the Hells of the metropolis:' a hole being drilled near a corner, lead is cast into the cavity, and an ivory screw covers the imposture. In playing, the leg gets one finger into the box, placing it upon one or more of the dies, whereby he can insure a heavy throw nine times out of ten.

Dickey-when made of flannel, 'tis an undermost garment. feminine. Dickey-half a quarter of a shirt, covering the breast only (all frill) forming one of the necessaries through