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(obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
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(archaic, thieves' cant) A parish pensioner.
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(informal) A homeless woman who carries her possessions with her in bags.
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(Australia, rhyming slang) A suit.
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(slang, humorous) A sausage.
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Alternative form of bag lady [(informal) A homeless woman who carries her possessions with her in bags.]
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(slang, archaic, journalism) A receptacle for rejected articles.
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(obsolete, humorous) A barrister
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(US and Canada slang) A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.
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(military slang) A small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.
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(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend.
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(informal) A small bag attached to the belt or with an integral strap; a bum bag.
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(now rare) A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
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(chiefly UK, slang) A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A purse.
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(dated, West Country and Ireland) A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.
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One who works at cabbling.
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(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
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(UK, education, slang, dated) The cane.
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(UK, law, obsolete) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
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(US, Canada, sometimes derogatory) An uncomfortably small and boxy house or car.
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(historical) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.
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Alternative form of dime bag [A small bag containing ten dollars worth (usually one gram) of marijuana. This may refer to the unit of measurement or the bag itself.]
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(informal) A person who collects handbags.
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(mining, historical) An onsetter.
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(UK, law, obsolete) A haybote.
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Alternative spelling of ho-bag [(slang, derogatory) A woman considered promiscuous.]
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(thieves' cant) An inside pocket.
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(slang) A suitcase; a satchel.
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(obsolete, slang) A basket.
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One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
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(colloquial, figuratively) A (notional) place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.
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The workplace of a knacker; a knacker's yard.
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(UK) Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
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(Australia, historical) A swag or bluey carried by a swagman or swagwoman.
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(Ireland, Scotland and Northern England) Shopping, groceries, errands.
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(US slang) a man's purse
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(thieves' cant, obsolete) A shirt.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A shilling.
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Synonym of peterman (“safecracker”)
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(dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
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Alternative form of plough jockey [(informal, derogatory) A person from a rural region.]
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Alternative spelling of plouter [(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.]
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(historical) A place where Spanish heretics were executed by burning.
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A person who fills or makes sacks or bags.
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(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small coin.
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(obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
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(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
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(obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
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(Australia, New Zealand) To travel on foot, carrying one's possessions.
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(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A swagman.
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(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
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Synonym of swagman (“middleman for stolen goods; a fence”)
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(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A woman who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”).
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(historical, Scotland) The right of the owner of a mill to compel tenants to bring all their grain to that mill for milling.
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Obsolete form of tod (“old unit of weight”). [A male fox.]
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(UK, archaic school slang, countable) A bath or foot pan
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One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, etc.: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.
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(UK, obsolete) An officer responsible for weighing wool.
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An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
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(obsolete) A rest or cushion for the cheek; a pillow.
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Every possible expedient.
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(Canada, military slang) A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.
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