Mill the glaze, breaking windows or lamps
Mill the ken, break open the house
Mill his nob, break his head
Mill clapper, a woman's tongue
Milldoll, to beat hemp in Bridewell
Miller, a boxer
Missing, courting; to be gone or away
Misstopper, a coat and petticoat
Mizzle, go, begone
Moabites, bailiffs and their crew
Mog, a lie
Moisten your chaffer, drink
Monish, tip us the, give me the money
Monkey up, being in a violent passion
Mopus, a halfpenny
Moon cursers, link boys
Moonshine, nonsense, flummery
Morriss off, to run away
Mother, a name for the keeper of a brothel
Mother's milk, rum, boose, good liquor
Mots, cyprians, whores
Mount, to give false evidence
Mounter, a common perjurer, villains who give false evidence and
become bail for fellows of their own stamp
Mouth, a stupid fellow, a novice
Move, an incident, an action in life
Mower, a cow
Muck, money
Muck, to, to clean out, to win all a person's money
Muck'd, lost all at play, no money left
Mud pipes, thick boots
Muff, a raw, a silly fellow
Mufflers, sparring gloves
Mug, the face
Mugs, cutting of, making faces
Mullygrubs, the belly ache
Mummer, the mouth
Mummers, strolling players, mountebank speakers, gypsies, and beggars
who tell pitiful stories to excite compassion
Muns, mouth
Mumbling cove, a sturdy ill-natured landlord, shabby fellow
Murphies, potatoes
Muzzle, the mouth
N.
Nab, to steal
Nabb'd, taken
Nail, to lay hold
Natty lads, young thieves
Nash, to bolt, to run away
Needful, money
Never wag, man of war, the Fleet Prison
Neat thing, good liquor
Nab, a hat
Nabs, a person to either sex; a familiar way of talking; as, How are
you my Nabs
Nob the bib, to cry and wipe the eyes
Nab the rust, to receive the money
Nab the noge, to receive a guinea
Nab the clout, steal a handkerchief
Nab the cramp, having sentence of death passed
Nab the bung, to receive a purse
Nask, a prison
Napper, or Nads, a sheepstealer
Napper, the head
Ne'er a face but his own, not a farthing in his pocket
Newlicks, or Noolucks, a person not known, an imaginary being, said to
be a kin to Joe, Cheeks, &c.
Nibble, thieve, steal
Nicks, nothing
Nim, to steal
Nimmer, a thief of the lowest order
Niggers, fellows who clip and file gold coin
Nig, clipping of money
Nick it, to win a wager
Nip, a cheat
Nipperkin, half pint me
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