Cuckold. The husband of an incontinent wife:
cuckolds,
however, are Christians, as we learn by
the following story:
An old woman hearing a man call his dog
Cuckold, reproved
him sharply, saying, ’Sirrah, are
not you ashamed
to call a dog by a Christian’s name
?’ To cuckold the
parson; to bed with one’s wife before
she has been churched.
Cucumbers. Taylors, who are jocularly said
to subsist,
during the summer, chiefly on cucumbers.
Cuff. An old cuff; an old man. To cuff
Jonas; said of one
who is knock-kneed, or who beats his sides
to keep himself
warm in frosty weather; called also Beating
the
booby.
Cuffin. A man.
Cull. A man, honest or otherwise. A
bob cull; a good-
natured, quiet fellow. Cant.
CULLABILITY. A disposition liable to be cheated,
an
unsuspecting nature, open to imposition.
Cully. A fog or fool: also, a dupe
to women: from the
Italian word coglione, a blockhead.
Culp. A kick or blow: from the words
mea culpa, being
that part of the popish liturgy at which
the people beat their
breasts; or, as the vulgar term is, thump
their craws.
Cundum. The dried gut of a sheep, worn by
men in the
act of coition, to prevent venereal infection;
said to have
been invented by one colonel Cundum.
These machines
were long prepared and sold by a matron
of the name of
Philips, at the Green Canister, in Half-moon-street,
in the
Strand. That good lady having acquired
a fortune, retired
from business; but learning that the town
was not well
served by her successors, she, out of
a patriotic zeal for the
public welfare, returned to her occupation;
of which she
gave notice by divers hand-bills, in circulation
in the year
1776. Also a false scabbard over
a sword, and the oil-skin
case for holding the colours of a regiment.
Cunningham. A punning appellation for a simple fellow.
Cunning man. A cheat, who pretends
by his skill in
astrology to assist persons in recovering
stolen goods: and
also to tell them their fortunes, and
when, how often,
and to whom they shall be married; likewise
answers all
lawful questions, both by sea and land.
This profession
is frequently occupied by ladies.
Cunning shaver. A sharp fellow, one
that trims close,
i.e. cheats ingeniously.
Cunny-thumbed. To double one’s fist
with the thumb inwards,
like a woman.
C**T. The chonnos of the Greek, and the cunnus
of the Latin
dictionaries; a nasty name for a nasty
thing: un con Miege.
Cup of the creature. A cup of good liquor.
Cup-shot. Drunk.


