Page:A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.djvu/140

 Sides for him, I Beat him soundly.

Pump, to wheedle Secrets out of any one; Bailives, Serjeants, Pick-pockets, &c. Pumpt dry, not a Word left to say.

Pun, to Play with Words and Sounds.

Punch, Brandy and Water, with Limes or Lemon-juice; also a thick short Man. ''Punch Nag'', a short, thick, fat, squat, strong Horse.

Punch houses, Bawdy-houses.

Punchable, old passable Money, Anno 1695.

Punk, a little Whore.

Puny Child, weak little Puny Stomack. ''Puny Judge'', the Junior or Youngest.

Pure, c. a Mistress.

Purest-pure, c. a Top-Mistress, or Fine Woman.

Pupil-mongers, Tutors at the Universities, that have many Pupils, and make a Penny of them.

Puritans, Puritanical, those of the precise Cut, strait-laced Precisians, whining (as Osborn saies) ''for a Sanctity God never yet trusted out of Heaven''.

Purl, Worm-wood infus'd in Ale.

Purl-Royal, Canary with a dash of Wormwood.

Pursenets, c. Goods taken upon Trust by young Unthrifts at treble the Value; also a little Purse.

Purse-proud, haughty because Rich.

Pursy, Fuggy, Fat.

Pushers, Canary-birds new Flown that cannot Feed themselves.

Pushing School, a Fencing School; also Bawdy-house. At a Push, at a pinch or strait. At Push of Pike, at Defiance. Push-pinn, Childrens Play. To Push on one's Fortune, to advance, or run it up.

Put. A Country-Put, a silly, shallow-pated Fellow. Put to it, Beset.