Props. Crutches.
Property. To make a property of any one;
to make
him a conveniency, tool, or cat’s
paw; to use him as one’s
own.
Proud. Desirous of copulation. A proud
bitch; a bitch
at heat, or desirous of a dog.
Provender. He from whom any money is taken
on the
highway: perhaps provider, or provider.
Cant.
Prophet. The prophet; the Cock at Temple
Bar: so
called, in 1788, by the bucks of the town
of the inferior
order.
Prunella. Mr. Prunella; a parson: parson’s
gowns being
frequently made of prunella.
To Pry. To examine minutely into a matter
or business.
A prying fellow; a man of impertinent
curiosity, apt to
peep and inquire into other men’s
secrets.
Public man. A bankrupt.
Public Ledger. A prostitute: because,
like that paper,
she is open to all parties.
Pucker. All in a pucker; in a dishabille.
Also in a
fright; as, she was in a terrible pucker.
Pucker water. Water impregnated with
alum, or other
astringents, used by old experienced traders
to
counterfeit virginity.
Puddings. The guts: I’ll let out your puddings.
Pudding-headed fellow. A stupid
fellow, one whose
brains are all in confusion.
Pudding sleeves. A parson.
Pudding time. In good time, or at the
beginning of a
meal: pudding formerly making the
first dish. To give
the crows a pudding; to die. You
must eat some cold
pudding, to settle your love.
Puff, or Puffer. One who bids at auctions,
not with an
intent to buy, but only to raise the price
of the lot; for
which purpose many are hired by the proprietor
of the
goods on sale.
Puff guts. A fat man.
Puffing. Bidding at an auction, as above;
also praising
any thing above its merits, from interested
motives. The
art of puffing is at present greatly practised,
and essentially
necessary in all trades, professions,
and callings.
To puff and blow; to be out of breath.
Pug. A Dutch pug; a kind of lap-dog, formerly
much in
vogue; also a general name for a monkey.
Pug CARPENTETER. An inferior carpenter,
one employed
only in small jobs.
Pug drink. Watered cyder.
PUGNOSED, or PUGIFIED. A person with a snub or turned
up nose.
Pully hawly. To have a game at pully hawly; to romp with women.
Pull. To be pulled; to be arrested by a
police officer.
To have a pull is to have an advantage;
generally where
a person has some superiority at a game
of chance or
skill.


