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 agree not to oppose the bidding of the larger dealers, who thus dishonestly keep down the price of lots. The practice is generally worked in connection with knock-outs (q.v.).

(American).—A set of Baltimore rowdies are so-called; at various times they have also received the names of blood tubs and plug-uglies (q.v.).

Baboo-English, subs. (Anglo-Indian).—A species of 'English as she is wrote' (q.v.). Its main peculiarity is its grandiloquence, a feature born of an attempt to adapt Western speech to Eastern imagery and hyperbole.

Baby-Herder, subs. (American).—A nurse; a simile drawn from life on the plains, and worked out with true cowboy humour.

Babylonitish, subs. (Winchester College).—A dressing gown. An abbreviated form of 'Babylonitish garment.'

Baby-Pap, subs. (thieves').—A cap; part of the so-called rhyming slang (q.v.).

Bacca.—See Baccy.

Bacca-Pipes, subs, (common).—Whiskers when curled in ringlets, a now obsolete fashion.—See Mutton-chops.

Baccare! Backare! intj. (old cant).—Go back! [a humorous form of back + a simulated Latin termination]. In use from about 1553-1660.

1592. Lyly, Midas, V., 2. The masculine gender is more worthy than the feminine. Therefore, Licio. bakcare.

1593. Shakspeare, Taming of the Shrew, ii.;

Saving your tale, Petruchio, I pray Let us, that are poor petitioners, speak too; Baccare! you are marvellous forward. [n.]

Baccy, also Bacca, subs, (common).—A corrupted form of 'tobacco.' Apparently of quite recent introduction. An equivalent term in French is perlot, from perle.

1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. ii. 'You must larn to chaw baccy.'

1861. Jas. Conway, Forays among Salmon and Deer, p. 228. I lay on an Affghan goat-rug spread over fresh heather, with a pipe filled with good baccy in my mouth.

Bach or Batch, verb. (American).—To live as a bachelor.

Bachelor's Baby, subs. (old).—An illegitimate child. For synonyms, see Bye-blow.

Bachelors-Fare, subs, (familiar).—Bread and cheese and kisses—a humorous allusion to the real or alleged 'short commons,' generally assumed to be meted out to a man who is unattached. Like many other proverbial sayings there is more sound than truth in it.

1738. Swift, Polite Conversation, conv. i. Lady Ans. Colonel, some ladies of your acquaintance have promised to breakfast with you, and I am to wait on them; what will you give us? Col. Why, faith, madam, bachelor's-fare, bread and cheese and kisses.

Back, verb, (popular).—To bet or wager; to support by means of money, kind, or influence, on the turf or elsewhere. From