_Bam_, a jocular imposition, the same as humbug.

_Bandog_, a bailiff, or his followers; a sergeant, or his yeomen; also a fierce mastiff.

_Bandero_, a widow's mourning peak; also a musical instrument.

_Baptised_, rum, brandy, or any other spirits that have been lowered with water.

_Barker_, a salesman's servant that walks before the shop, and cries, coats, gowns, &c., what d'ye buy?

_Barking irons_, pistols, from their explosion resembling the barking of a dog.

_Barnacles_, a good job, or a snack easily got; also, the irons worn by felons in gaols.

_Barrel Fever_, he died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking.

_Battner_, an ox.

_Bawbee_, a halfpenny.

_Baudrons_, a cat.

_Beak_, a justice of peace, or magistrate.

_Beard splitter_, a wh.o.r.emaster, or a beadle.

_Beater cases_, boots.

_Bellows_, the lungs.

_Belly cheat_, an ap.r.o.n.

_Bill of sale_, a widow's weeds.

_Bing_, to go, bing avast; get you gone. Binged avast in a darkmans; stole away in the night. Bing we to Rumvilck; shall we go to London.

_Bingo_, brandy, or other spirituous liquor.

_Bingo boy_, a dram drinker.

_Bingo mort_, a female dram drinker.

_Bingowaste_, get you hence.

_Black fly_, the greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e.

the parson.

_Bleating rig_, sheep-stealing.

_Blind harpers_, beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing on fiddles, &c.

_Black box_, a lawyer.

_Black Indies_, Newcastle, from whence the coals are brought.

_Black spy_, the devil.

_Blind cheek_, the breech.

_Blowen_, a wh.o.r.e.

_Bluffer_, an innkeeper, or victualler.

_Boarding school_, Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison, or house of correction.

_Bob_, a shoplifter's a.s.sistant, or one that receives and carries off stolen goods.

_Bob ken_, or _a Brownmanken_, a well furnished house.

_Bone_, to apprehend, seize, or arrest.

_Bone box_, the mouth.

_Bone Darkmans_, a good night.

_Bone setter_, a hard-trotting horse.

_b.o.o.by hutch_, a one-horse chaise, noddy, buggy, or leathern bottle.

_Borde_, a shilling.

_Bouncing cheat_, a bottle.

_Bracket face_, ugly, ill-favoured.

_Brown George_, an ammunition loaf.

_Buck's face_, a cuckold.

_Bufe_, a dog.

_b.u.t.t's eye_, a crown, or five shilling piece.

_Bung_, a purse, pocket, or fob.

_Bur_, a hanger-on, a dependant.

_b.u.m bailiff_, a sheriff's officer who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their b.u.ms, or as the vulgar phrase is, hard at their a---s. Blackstone says it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour.

_b.u.m brusher_, a schoolmaster.