Impostures. al-Ḥarīrī

      stir crowd

      kelter order

      coves people

      push crowd

      whiffle yelp or cry out in pain

      old sharp a knowing old fellow

      tats rags

      peepers eyes

      tatty-tog a sweat cloth

      rammer arm

      hen woman

      bracket-mug very ugly face

      mouse speak in a low voice

      scrip writing paper

      scratch write

      gun examine

      flat one unacquainted with the tricks and devices of rogues

      bene good

      plump rich

      stiff a letter or printed paper

      7.2

      Old Shoe good luck

      gapeseed anything that makes people stop, look, or listen

      glibe writing

      Old Poger the Devil

      made me swim for my swag cheated me of my share

      lenten starving

      panny home

      pap-lap baby

      tip us a rag give us a dollar

      rooked cheated

      curlers who sweat the bag swindlers who put gold pieces into a bag, shake them, and gather the dust

      bilked cheated

      burners gamblers who prey on bumpkins

      goose-cap fool

      square it get one’s living honestly

      turn stag become an informer

      kinchin child

      scran food

      flatter-trap mouth

      kimbaw beaten

      my regulars my share

      scrapp a planned act of roguery

      heave peters off a drag steal boxes off a wagon

      squeaker child

      whindle moan

      tap steal

      rum-bit cheated

      coves people

      lace beat

      snap arrest

      7.3

      smoky suspicious, curious

      get him down close find out all about him

      rover thought

      nouse-box head

      trot old woman

      dawb bribe

      dookin mort fortune-teller

      post pay

      no go no avail

      gripe-fist miser

      cant give

      nix nothing

      hare it return

      transpear approach

      maudling crying

      mouthing crying

      skinning cheating

      dunnakin it can’t be helped

      7.4

      come off rye buck turn out well

      bully times good times

      Nickey the Devil

      you bat an insult directed at a woman

      glimstick candlestick

      tace candle

      strammel straw

      fakement a written or printed paper

      spanish silver coin

      jack small coin

      teston coin with a head on it

      chant talk, inform

      keep your wid shut be silent

      spud base coin

      mizzle be off

      kirjalis Bring it on!

      hard cole gold or silver money

      Oliver the moon

      cackle to blab

      word-pecker a wit or punster

      ramp to tear something away from someone

      grabble seize

      7.5

      tumble to suspect (of being someone)

      chaff banter

      got him down fine know all his antecedents

      brothers of the coif lawyers

      jobation reproof

      autum bawler’s patter sermon

      breakup dispersing of people from theaters, lecture rooms, churches, etc.

      seavey sense, knowledge

      scavoir cunning, knowledge

      copped to rights caught fair and square

      chant name

      tommey bread

      chalk spot

      yam eat

      pannam bread

      pipe follow, trail

      flapper hand

      cutty-eyed looking askance, looking suspicious

      tray three

      7.6

      beaters boots

      crib house

      flick some pannam and kaffar cut some bread and cheese

      no one with us but pilgarlic we are alone

      staunch who can be trusted with a secret

      Jew’s-eye a pleasant sight

      bustled confused, puzzled

      agog anxious, impatient

      flash knowing

      groper blind man

      walk your boots be off

      daisyville the country

      pad the hoof walk the street

      dusty dangerous

      donbite street

      stampers shoes

      potato-trap mouth

      yam eat

      gab talk

      tooth-music hearty chewing

      queer lamp blind or squinting eye

      7.7

      bene cove good fellow

      bread-basket