Pluck. Courage. He wants pluck:
he is a coward.
Against the pluck; against the inclination.
Pluck the
Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a
crow with one; to
settle a dispute, to reprove one for some
past transgression.
To pluck a rose; an expression said to
be used by women
for going to the necessary house, which
in the country usually
stands in the garden. To pluck also
signifies to deny a
degree to a candidate at one of the universities,
on account
of insufficiency. The three first
books of Euclid, and as
far as Quadratic Equations in Algebra,
will save a man
from being plucked. These unfortunate
fellows are designated by
many opprobrious appellations, such as
the twelve
apostles, the legion of honor, wise men
of the East, &c.
Plug tail. A man’s penis.
Plumb. An hundred thousand pounds.
Plummy. It is all plummy; i.e. all
is right, or as it ought
to be.
Plump. Fat, full, fleshy. Plump in
the pocket; full in
the pocket. To plump; to strike,
or shoot. I’ll give
you a plump in the bread basket, or the
victualling office:
I’ll give you a blow in the stomach.
Plump his peepers,
or day-lights; give him a blow in the
eyes. He pulled out
his pops and plumped him; he drew out
his pistols and
shot him. A plumper; a single vote
at an election. Plump
also means directly, or exactly; as, it
fell plump upon
him: it fell directly upon him.
Plump currant. I am not plump currant;
I am out of
sorts.
PLUMPERS. Contrivances said to be formerly worn
by old
maids, for filling out a pair of shrivelled
cheeks.
Plyer. A crutch; also a trader.
Pogy. Drunk.
Point. To stretch a point; to exceed some
usual limit, to
take a great stride. Breeches were
usually tied up with
points, a kind of short laces, formerly
given away by the
churchwardens at Whitsuntide, under the
denomination
of tags: by taking a great stride
these were stretched.
Poisoned. Big with child: that wench is
poisoned, see
how her belly is swelled. Poison-pated:
red-haired.
Poke. A blow with the fist: I’ll
lend you a poke. A poke
likewise means a sack: whence, to
buy a pig in a poke,
i.e. to buy any thing without seeing
or properly examining it.
Poker. A sword. Fore pokers; aces and
kings at cards.
To burn your poker; to catch the venereal
disease.
Pole. He is like a rope-dancer’s polo,
lead at both ends;
a saying of a stupid sluggish fellow.
Polish. To polish the king’s iron
with one’s eyebrows; to be
in gaol, and look through the iron grated
windows. To
polish a bone; to eat a meal. Come
and polish a bone
with me; come and eat a dinner or supper
with me.


