Cool NANTS. Brandy.
Cool tankard. Wine and water, with
lemon, sugar, and
burrage.
COLQUARRON. A man’s neck. His colquarron
is just about
to be twisted; he is just going to be
hanged. Cant.
Colt. One who lets horses to highwaymen;
also a boy newly
initiated into roguery; a grand or petty
juryman on his
first assize. Cant.
COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on
their first
entering into their offices.
Colt bowl. Laid short of the jack by
a colt bowler, i.e.
a person raw or unexperienced in the art
of bowling.
Colt’s tooth. An old fellow who
marries or keeps a young
girl, is said to have a colt’s tooth
in his head.
Colt veal. Coarse red veal, more like
the flesh of a colt
than that of a calf.
Comb. To comb one’s head; to clapperclaw,
or scold any
one: a woman who lectures her husband,
is said to comb
his head. She combed his head with
a joint stool; she
threw a stool at him.
Come. To come; to lend. Has he come
it; has he lent it?
To come over any one; to cheat or over
reach him.
Coming wench; a forward wench, also a
breeding woman.
Coming! So is christmas.
Said of a person who has long
been called, and at length answers, Coming!
Comfortable importance. A wife.
Commission. A shirt. Cant.
Commode. A woman’s head dress.
Commodity. A woman’s commodity; the
private parts of
a modest woman, and the public parts of
a prostitute.
Commons. The house of commons; the necessary house.
Company. To see company; to enter into a course of prostitution.
Compliment. See christmas.
COMUS’S court. A social meeting formerly
held at the
Half Moon tavern Cheapside.
Confect. Counterfeited.
Conger. To conger; the agreement of a set
or knot of
booksellers of London, that whosoever
of them shall buy
a good copy, the rest shall take off such
a particular number,
in quires, at a stated price; also booksellers
joining to
buy either a considerable or dangerous
copy.
Congo. Will you lap your congo with me?
will you drink
tea with me?
CONNY wabble. Eggs and brandy beat up together. Irish.
Conscience keeper. A superior, who
by his influence
makes his dependants act as he pleases.
Content. The cull’s content; the man
is past complaining:
a saying of a person murdered for resisting
the robbers. Cant.
Content. A thick liquor, in imitation of
chocolate, made
of milk and gingerbread.


