Piss maker. A great drinker, one much given to liquor.
Piss pot hall. A house at Clapton,
near Hackney, built
by a potter chiefly out of the profits
of chamber pots, in the
bottom of which the portrait of Dr. Sacheverel
was depicted.
Piss prophet. A physician who judges
of the diseases of
his patients solely by the inspection
of their urine.
Piss-proud. Having a false erection.
That old fellow
thought he had an erection, but his—was
only piss-
proud; said of any old fellow who marries
a young wife.
Pissing down any one’s back. Flattering him.
Pissing pins and needles. To have a gonorrhea.
Pit. A watch fob. He drew a rare thimble
from the swell’s
pit. He took a handsome watch from
the gentleman’s
fob.
Pit. To lay pit and boxes into one; an operation
in midwifery
or copulation, whereby the division between
the
anus and vagina is cut through, broken,
and demolished:
a simile borrowed from the playhouse,
when, for the benefit
of some favourite player, the pit and
boxes are laid together.
The pit is also the hole under the gallows,
where
poor rogues unable to pay the fees are
buried.
PITT’S picture. A window stopt up
on the inside, to save
the tax imposed in that gentleman’s
administration. Party wit
Pit-A-pat. The palpitation of the heart:
as, my heart
went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy;
the same.
Pitch-KETTLED. Stuck fast, confounded.
Pitcher. The miraculous pitcher, that holds
water with
the mouth downwards: a woman’s
commodity. She has
crack’d her pitcher or pipkin; she
has lost her maidenhead.
PIZZY club. A society held, A. D, 1744,
at the sign of
the Tower, on Tower Hill: president,
Don Pizzaro.
Plaister of warm guts. One
warm belly’dapped to another;
a receipt frequently prescribed for different
disorders.
Plant. The place in the house of the fence
where stolen
goods are secreted. Any place where
stolen goods are concealed.
To plant. To lay, place, or hide. Plant
your wids and
stow them; be careful what you say, or
let slip. Also to
bury, as, he was planted by the parson.
Plate. Money, silver, prize. He is
in for the plate; he
has won the Keat, i.e. is infected
with the venereal disorder:
a simile drawn from hofse-racing.
When the plate
fleet comes in; when money comes to hand.
Platter-faced. Broad-faced.
Play. To play booty; to play with an intention
to lose. To
play the whole game; to cheat. To
play least in sight;
to hide, or keep out of the way.
To play the devil; to be
guilty of some great irregularity or mismanagement.


