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 Loure, c. pull off your Breeches, for we must have them as well as your Money.

Kid, c. a Child; also the first Year of a Roe, and a young Goat.

Kidnapper, c. one that Decoys or Spirits (as it is commonly called) Children away, and Sells them for the Plantations.

Kidder, c. see Crocker.

Kidlay, c. one who meeting a Prentice with a Bundle or Parcel of Goods, wheedles him by fair Words, and whipping Sixpence into his Hand, to step on a short and sham Errand for him, in the mean time Runs away with the Goods.

Kidney, (Beans) French. Of that Kidney, of such a Stamp. ''Of a strange Kidney'', of an odd or unaccountable Humor.

Kilkenny, c. an old sorry Frize-Coat. Kill-Devil, Rum. ''Kill two Birds with one Stone'', Dispatch two Businesses at one Stroak.

Kimbaw, c. to Trick, Sharp, or Cheat; also to Beat severely or to Bully. ''Lets Kimbaw the Cull'', c. Let's Beat that Fellow, and get his Money (by Huffing and Bullying) from him.

Kinchin, c. a little Child.

Kinchin-coes, c. the, Sixteenth Rank of the Canting Tribe, being little Children whose Parents are Dead, having been Beggers; as also young Ladds running from their Masters, who are first taught Canting, then thieving.

Kinchin-cove, c. a little Man.

King's Head Inn, or ''the Chequer Inn in Newgate-street'', c. the Prison or Newgate.

King's Pictures, c. Money.

King of all Beasts of Venery, a Hare.