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    Flash' Language Key Terms: Bad: Galloot: Horney: Kinchen: Nibbler: Pall

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    This document contains definitions for terms used in "Flash" language, a thieves' cant or argot used in 18th-19th century Britain. It defines words related to criminals and their activities, law enforcement, physical attributes, and relationships. Terms described include those for a convict who informs on others ("bad"), a counterfeiter ("bit-faker"), one who flees ("bolter"), being arrested ("boned"), a Catholic ("brisket-beater"), lacking money ("bush'd"), a watchman ("charley"), a pickpocket ("cly-faker"), being hanged ("crap'd"), a convict ("croppy"), wearing chains ("darbie'd"), being too drunk

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    Flash' Language Key Terms: Bad: Galloot: Horney: Kinchen: Nibbler: Pall

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    This document contains definitions for terms used in "Flash" language, a thieves' cant or argot used in 18th-19th century Britain. It defines words related to criminals and their activities, law enforcement, physical attributes, and relationships. Terms described include those for a convict who informs on others ("bad"), a counterfeiter ("bit-faker"), one who flees ("bolter"), being arrested ("boned"), a Catholic ("brisket-beater"), lacking money ("bush'd"), a watchman ("charley"), a pickpocket ("cly-faker"), being hanged ("crap'd"), a convict ("croppy"), wearing chains ("darbie'd"), being too drunk

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    This document contains definitions for terms used in "Flash" language, a thieves' cant or argot used in 18th-19th century Britain. It defines words related to criminals and their activities, law enforcement, physical attributes, and relationships. Terms described include those for a convict who informs on others ("bad"), a counterfeiter ("bit-faker"), one who flees ("bolter"), being arrested ("boned"), a Catholic ("brisket-beater"), lacking money ("bush'd"), a watchman ("charley"), a pickpocket ("cly-faker"), being hanged ("crap'd"), a convict ("croppy"), wearing chains ("darbie'd"), being too drunk

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    Flash' Language Key Terms: Bad: Galloot: Horney: Kinchen: Nibbler: Pall

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    Flash Language Key Terms

    Bad:
    A convict who cooperates with
    police and officials.
    Bit-faker:
    A coiner, maker of counterfeit
    money.
    Bolter:
    One who runs away or leaves a
    place suddenly.
    Boned:
    Taken into custody.
    Brisket-beater:
    A Roman Catholic.
    Bush'd:
    Poor, without money.
    Charley:
    A watchman.
    Cly-faker:
    A pickpocket.
    Crap'd:
    Hanged.
    Croppy:
    A convict. (Originally an Irish
    convict)
    Darbie'd:
    Fettered. (Wearing chains or
    irons)
    Floor'd:
    So drunk as to be incapable of
    standing.

    Galloot:
    A soldier.
    Horney:
    A constable.
    Kinchen:
    A young lad.
    Nibbler:
    A pilferer or petty thief.
    Pall:
    A partner, companion, associate
    or accomplice.
    Pebble:
    A convict whose behaviour is
    incorrigible.
    Queer gam'd:
    Bandy legged, or having
    otherwise deformed legs.
    Qock'd:
    Forgetful, absent in mind.
    Rump'd:
    Flogged or scoured.
    Sharp:
    A gambler, cheat or swindler.
    Swell:
    A gentleman or any well-dressed
    person.
    Swish'd:
    Married.
    Mollisher:
    A woman.

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