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7<h1>The Letter K</h1>
8<div class="entry">
9<h2>KATE</h2>
10<p>a Pick-lock. <i class="eg">'Tis a Rum kate</i>; She is a clever Pick-lock.</p>
11</div>
12<div class="entry">
13<h2>KEEL-<i>Bullies</i></h2>
14<p>Lightermen that carry
15coals to and from the Ships, so called
16in Derision.</p>
17</div>
18<div class="entry">
19<h2>KEEPING <i>Cully</i></h2>
20<p>one that maintains
21a Mistress, and parts with his Money
22very generously to her.</p>
23</div>
24<div class="entry">
25<h2>KEFFAL</h2>
26<p>a Horse.</p>
27</div>
28<div class="entry">
29<h2>KELTER</h2>
30<p>as, <i class="eg">Out of Kelter</i>, Out of
31sorts.</p>
32</div>
33<div class="entry">
34<h2>KEN</h2>
35<p>a House. <i class="eg">A bob-Ken</i>, or <i class="eg">a
36Bowman-ken</i>, a good or well furnished
37House; also a House that harbours
38Rogues and Thieves. <i class="eg">Biting the Ken</i>,
39robbing the House, <i class="eg">'tis a bob Ken, Brush
40upon the Sneak</i>, i.e., 'Tis a good House,
41go in and tread softly. <i class="eg">We have bit the
42Ken</i>, The House is robb'd, or the Business
43is done.</p>
44</div>
45<div class="entry">
46<h2>KEN-<i>Miller</i></h2>
47<p>a House-breaker, who
48usually, by getting into an empty
49
50House, finds Means to enter into the
51Gutters of Houses inhabited, and so
52in at the Windows, &amp;c.</p>
53</div>
54<div class="entry">
55<h2>KICK</h2>
56<p>Six-pence: <i class="eg">Two, Three, Four,
57&amp;c. and a Kick</i>; Two, Three, Four,
58&amp;c. Shillings and Six-pence.</p>
59</div>
60<div class="entry">
61<h2>KICK'D</h2>
62<p>gone, fled, departed; as,
63<i class="eg">The Rum Cull kick'd away</i>, i.e. The
64Rogue made his Escape.</p>
65</div>
66<div class="entry">
67<h2>KICKS</h2>
68<p>Breeches. <i class="eg">Tip us your Kicks,
69we'll have them as well as your Lour</i>;
70Pull off your Breeches, for we must
71have them as well as your Money.</p>
72</div>
73<div class="entry">
74<h2>KID</h2>
75<p>a Child.</p>
76</div>
77<div class="entry">
78<h2>KIDLAYS</h2>
79<p>an Order of Rogues, who
80meeting a Youth with a Bundle or
81Parcel of Goods, wheedle him by fair
82Words, and whipping Six-pence into
83his Hand, to step on a short and sham
84Errand, in the mean Time run away
85with the Goods.</p>
86</div>
87<div class="entry">
88<h2>KIDNAPPER</h2>
89<p>one that decoys or
90spirits (as it is commonly called) Children
91away, and sells them for the
92Plantations.</p>
93</div>
94<div class="entry">
95<h2>KILKENNY</h2>
96<p>an old sorry Frize
97Coat.</p>
98</div>
99<div class="entry">
100<h2>KILL-<i>Devil</i></h2>
101<p>Rum.</p>
102</div>
103<div class="entry">
104<h2><i>To</i> KIMBAW</h2>
105<p>to Trick, Sharp, or
106Cheat; also to Beat severely, or to
107Bully. <i class="eg">Let's Kimbaw the Cull</i>, Let's
108beat that Fellow, and get his Money
109(by huffing and bullying) from him.</p>
110</div>
111<div class="entry">
112<h2>KIN</h2>
113<p>a Thief: <i class="eg">He's one of the Kin,
114let him pike</i>; said of a Brother Rogue
115whom one of the Gang knows to be a
116Villain, tho' not one of their own
117Crew.</p>
118</div>
119<div class="entry">
120<h2>KINCHIN</h2>
121<p>a little Child.</p>
122</div>
123<div class="entry">
124<h2>KINCHIN-<i>Coves</i></h2>
125<p>little Children whose
126Parents are dead, having been Beggars;
127as also young Lads running from their
128Masters, who are first taught Canting,
129then Thieving.</p>
130</div>
131<div class="entry">
132<h2>KINCHIN <i>Cove</i></h2>
133<p>a little Man.</p>
134</div>
135<div class="entry">
136<h2>KINCHIN-<i>Morts</i></h2>
137<p>Girls of a Year or
138two old, whom the <i>Morts</i> (their Mothers)
139carry at their Backs in <i>Slates</i>
140(<i>Sheets</i>) and if they have no Children
141of thir own, they borrow or steal
142them from others.</p>
143</div>
144<div class="entry">
145<h2>KING <i>of the Gypsies</i></h2>
146<p>the Captain,
147Chief, or Ringleader of the Gang, the
148Master of Misrule, otherwise called
149<i>Uprightman</i>. Vide <i>Gypsies</i>.</p>
150</div>
151<div class="entry">
152<h2>KING<i>'s Head Inn</i></h2>
153<h2>or <i>the Chequer Inn in Newgate-street</i></h2>
154<p>the Prison of <i>Newgate</i>.</p>
155</div>
156<div class="entry">
157<h2>KING<i>'s Pictures</i></h2>
158<p>Money.</p>
159</div>
160<div class="entry">
161<h2>KIT</h2>
162<p>a Dancing Master.</p>
163</div>
164<div class="entry">
165<h2><i>A</i> KNACK <i>Shop</i></h2>
166<p>a Toy-shop,
167freighted with pretty Devices to pick
168Pockets.</p>
169</div>
170<div class="entry">
171<h2>KNAVE <i>in Grain</i></h2>
172<p>one of the First
173Rate.</p>
174</div>
175<div class="entry">
176<h2>KNIGHT <i>of the Blade</i></h2>
177<p>a Hector or
178Bully.</p>
179</div>
180<div class="entry">
181<h2>KNIGHT <i>of the Post</i></h2>
182<p>a mercenary
183common Swearer, a Prostitute to every
184Cause, an Irish Evidence.</p>
185</div>
186<div class="entry">
187<h2>KNIGHT <i>of the Road</i></h2>
188<p>the chief
189Highwayman, best mounted and armed,
190the stoutest Fellow among them.</p>
191</div>
192<div class="entry">
193<h2>KNOB</h2>
194<p>the Head or Skull.</p>
195</div>
196<div class="entry">
197<h2>KNOCK <i>Down</i></h2>
198<p>very strong Ale or
199Beer.</p>
200</div>
201<div class="entry">
202<h2><i>To</i> KNOCK <i>off</i></h2>
203<p>to give over Thieving.</p>
204</div>
205<div class="entry">
206<h2>KNOT</h2>
207<p>a Crew of Gang of Villains.</p>
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