Peter Gunner, will kill all the birds that died last summer. 
  A piece of wit commonly thrown out at a person
  walking through a street or village near London, with a
  gun in his hand.

Peter lay.  The department of stealing portmanteaus,
  trunks, &c.

Peter lug.  Who is Peter Lug? who lets the glass stand
  at his door, or before him.

Petticoat hold.  One who has an estate during his wife’s
  life, called the apron-string hold.

Petticoat pensioner.  One kept by a woman forsecret
  services.

Pettish.  Passionate.

Petty fogger.  A little dirty attorney, ready to undertake
  any litigious or bad cause:  it is derived from the French
  words petit vogue, of small credit, or little reputation.

Pharaoh.  Strong malt liquor.

Philistines.  Bailiffs, or officers of justice; also drunkards.

Phoenix-men.  Firemen belonging to an insurance office,
  which gave a badge charged with a phoenix:  these men
  were called likewise firedrakes.

PHOS bottle.  A. bottle of phosphorus:  used by housebreakers
  to light their lanthorns.  Ding the phos; throw
  away the bottle of phosphorus.

Phrase of paper.  Half a quarter of a sheet.  See vessel, physog.

PHYSOG.  The face.  A vulgar abbreviation of physiognomy.

PHYZ.  The face.  Rum phyz; an odd face or countenance.

Picaroon.  A pirate; also a sharper.

PICKANINY.  A young child, an infant.  Negro term.

Picking.  Pilfering, petty larceny.

Pickle.  An arch waggish fellow.  In pickle, or in the
  pickling tub; in a salivation.  There are rods in brine, or
  pickle, for him; a punishment awaits him, or is prepared
  for him.  Pickle herring; the zany or merry andrew
  of a mountebank.  See jack pudding.

PICKT hatch.  To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a
  cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy
  houses in Shakespeare’s time, and used by him in that
  sense.

Pickthank.  A tale-bearer or mischief maker.

Picture frame.  The sheriff’s picture frame; the gallows
  or pillory.

To piddle.  To make water:  a childish expression; as,
  Mammy, I want to piddle.  Piddling also means trifling,
  or doing any thing in a small degree:  perhaps from peddling.

Piece.  A wench.  A damned good or bad piece; a girl
  who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress. 
  Hence the (Cambridge) toast, May we never have
  a piece (peace) that will injure the constitution.  Piece
  likewise means at Cambridge a close or