of
many an out-and-outer
Regent, half a sovereign
Resurrection men, fellows who steal dead bodies from the church yard
for the surgeons
Rhino, grease, money
Ribbon, money
Ridge, gold outside of a watch or other article
Ridge cove, a wealthy goldsmith
Riff raff, black beetles, the lower order of people
Rig, fun, game, diversion
Rig out, a suit of clothes
Rig conoblin, cutting the string of large coals hanging at the door of
coal sheds
Rigging, clothing
Right and fly, complete
Ring, to exchange one article for another
Rise, a, a disturbance
Rivertick, tradesman's books
Rivits, money
Roger, a portmanteau
Rooled up, put in a spunging house
Romoners, fellows pretending to be acquainted with the occult
sciences, fortune tellers
Rome ville, London
Rookery, an ill furnished house
Roses, nobility
Rotan, a coach
Rum glimmer, head of the link boy
Rum bodick, dirty shabby fellow
Rum beak, sensible justice
Rum doxy, fine made wench
Rum drawers, silk stockings
Rum gloak, well dressed man
Rum Nantz, good brandy
Rum ghelt, or rum cole, new money
Rum squeeze, wine or other liquor given to fiddlers
Rum prancer, fine horse
Rum rufe peck, Westphalia ham
Rum prad, a highwayman's horse
Rum duke, queer old fellow, rich man
Rum gill, a man who appears to have plenty of money
Rum rush, a number of villains rushing into a house in order to rob it
Rum gutters, cape wine
Rum quid, good guinea
Rum chaunt, good song
Rum booze, good wine, or any liquor
Rum buffer, valuable dog
Rum cly, a full pocket
Rum feeder, large silver table spoon
Rum gaggers, cheats who tell wonderful stories of their sufferings at
sea, in order to obtain money
Rot gut, swankey, small beer
Row, disturbance, 'and in the ken to breed a row'
Roysters, noisy, turbulent fellows, rude vile singers
Roundyken, the watchhouse
Rumpus, a scuffle
Rub, an obstacle in the way, to run away, to make off
Rub out, when its dry, all right when its forgotten
Ruffman, any person who handles a thief roughly; the wood, hedges
Rugg, all right and safe
Rug carrier, an ensign
Rum blowing, a handsome girl
Rum hopper, a waiter at a tavern
Rum mot, a woman of the town
Rum bob, a shop till
Rum peepers, fine looking glasses, or bright eyes
Rum speaker, good booty
Rum job or rum dagen, a handsome sword
Rum quids, guineas
Rum, pad, the high road
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