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<h1>The Letter L</h1>
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<h2>LAC'D <i>Mutton</i></h2>
<p>a Woman</p>
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<h2>LACING</h2>
<p>beating, drubbing;
<i class="eg">I'll Lace your Coat, Sirrah!</i> I will beat
you soundly!</p>
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<h2>LADY</h2>
<p>a very crooked, deformed
and ill-shapen Woman.</p>
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<h2>LADY-birds</h2>
<p>light, or lewd Women.</p>
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<h2>LAG</h2>
<p>Water; also last.</p>
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<h2>LAG <i>a-dudds</i></h2>
<p>a Buck of Cloths; as,
<i class="eg">We'll cloy the Lag of Dudds</i>: Come, let
us steal that Buck of Cloths.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> LAMBASTE</h2>
<p>to beat soundly.</p>
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<h2>LAMB-<i>Pye</i></h2>
<p>beating or drubbing.</p>
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<h2>LAMB-<i>Skin Men</i></h2>
<p>the Judges of the
several Courts.</p>
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<h2>LAND-<i>Lopers</i></h2>
<h2>or <i>Land-lubbers</i></h2>
<p>Vagabonds that beg and steal about the
Country.</p>
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<h2>LAND <i>Pyrates</i></h2>
<p>Highwaymen or any
other Robbers.</p>
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<h2>LAND</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">How lies the Land?</i> How
stands the Reckoning? <i class="eg">Who has any
Land in Appleby?</i> a Question ask'd the
Man, at whose Door the Glass stands
long.</p>
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<h2>LANSPRESADO</h2>
<p>He that comes into
Company with but Two-pence in
his Pocket.</p>
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<h2>LANTERN-<i>jaw'd</i></h2>
<p>a very lean, thin-faced Fellow.</p>
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<h2><i>A Dark</i> LANTHORN</h2>
<p>the Servant
or Agent that receives the Bribe (at
Court).</p>
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<h2>LAP</h2>
<p>Pottage, Butter-milk, or Whey.</p>
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<h2>LARE-<i>Over</i></h2>
<p>said when the true
Name of the Things must (in Decency)
be concealed.</p>
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<h2>LATCH</h2>
<p>let in.</p>
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<h2>LAY</h2>
<p>an Enterprize, or Attempt;
<i class="eg">To be sick of the Lay</i>, to be tir'd in
waiting for an Opportunity to effect
their Purposes. Also an Hazard or
Chance; as, <i class="eg">He stands a quuer Lay</i>; he
stands an odd Chance, or is in great
Danger.</p>
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<h2>LAY'D <i>Up in Lavender</i></h2>
<p>pawn'd or
dipt for present Money.</p>
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<h2>LEATHER-<i>Head</i></h2>
<p>a Thick-skill'd,
heavy-headed Fellow.</p>
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<h2>LEATHERN <i>Convenience</i></h2>
<p>(by the Quakers) a Coach.</p>
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<h2>LET<i>'s take an Ark and Winns</i></h2>
<p>Let's
hire a Skuller.</p>
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<h2>LET<i>'s buy a Brush</i></h2>
<h2>or <i>Let's lope</i></h2>
<p>Let us scour off, and make what Shift we
can to secure our selves from being
apprehended.</p>
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<h2>LEVITE</h2>
<p>a Priest or Parson.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> LIB</h2>
<p>to tumble or lie together.</p>
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<h2>LIBBEN</h2>
<p>a private Dwelling-House.</p>
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<h2>LIBBEGE</h2>
<p>a Bed.</p>
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<h2>LIBKIN</h2>
<p>a House to lie in; also a
Lodging.</p>
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<h2>LICKT</h2>
<p>as Women's Faces with a
Wash.</p>
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<h2>LIFTER</h2>
<p>a Crutch.</p>
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<h2>LIG</h2>
<p>See <i>Lib</i>.</p>
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<h2>LIGHT <i>Finger'd</i></h2>
<p>Thievish.</p>
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<h2>LIGHT-<i>Mans</i></h2>
<p>the Day or Day-break.</p>
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<h2>LIGHT-<i>Frigate</i></h2>
<p>a Whore; also a
Cruiser.</p>
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<h2>LILLY <i>White</i></h2>
<p>a Chimney-Sweeper.</p>
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<h2>LINE <i>of the old Author</i></h2>
<p>a Dram of
Brandy.</p>
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<h2>LINNEN <i>Armorers</i></h2>
<p>Taylors.</p>
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<h2>LITTLE <i>Barbary</i></h2>
<p>Wapping.</p>
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<h2>LOAP'D</h2>
<p>run away; <i class="eg">He loap'd up the
Dancers</i>; He whipt up the Stairs.</p>
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<h2>LOB-<i>Cock</i></h2>
<p>a heavy, dull Fellow.</p>
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<h2><i>In</i> LOB<i>'s Pound</i></h2>
<p>laid by the Heels,
or clap'd up in Jail.</p>
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<h2>LOBSTER</h2>
<p>a red Coat Soldier.</p>
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<h2>LOCK</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">He stood a queer Lock</i>;
i.e. He stood an indifferent Chance,
&c.</p>
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<h2>LOCK <i>all fast</i></h2>
<p>one that buys and
conceals stollen Goods.</p>
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<h2><i>The</i> LOCK</h2>
<p>the Warehouse whither
the Thieves carry stollen Goods. Also
an Hospital for pocky Folks in <i>Southwark</i> &c.</p>
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<h2>LOCKRAM <i>Jaw'd</i></h2>
<p>thin, lean,
sharp-visag'd</p>
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<h2>LODGE</h2>
<p>a Watch. <i class="eg">As Files a Cly
of a Lodge, or Scout</i>, Pickt a Pocket of
a Watch. <i class="eg">Biting a Loge, or Scout</i>,
the same.</p>
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<h2>LOLPOOP</h2>
<p>a lazy, idle Droe.</p>
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<h2>LONG-<i>Meg</i></h2>
<p>a very tall Woman.</p>
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<h2>LONG-<i>Shanks</i></h2>
<p>long-legged.</p>
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<h2>LOOKING-<i>Glass</i></h2>
<p>a Chamber-pot.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> LOON</h2>
<p>a Lout. <i class="eg">A false Loon</i>, a
true <i>Scotch</i> Man; or Knave of any Nation.
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<h2>LOON-<i>Slate</i></h2>
<p>a Thirteen-pence
Half-penny.</p>
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<h2>LORD</h2>
<p>a very crooked deformed, or
ill-shapen Person.</p>
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<h2>LOUR</h2>
<p>Money.</p>
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<h2>LOUSE <i>Land</i></h2>
<p>Scotland.</p>
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<h2>LOUSE <i>Trap</i></h2>
<p>a Comb.</p>
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<h2>LOW <i>Pad</i></h2>
<p>a <i>Foot-Pad</i>.</p>
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<h2>LOW <i>Tide</i></h2>
<p>when there's no Money
in a Man's Pocket.</p>
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<h2>LUD'<i>s Bulwark</i></h2>
<p>Ludgate Prison.</p>
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<h2>LUGGS</h2>
<p>Ears.</p>
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<h2>LULLABY-<i>Cheat</i></h2>
<p>a Child.</p>
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<h2>LUMB</h2>
<p>too much.</p>
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<h2>LURCHED</h2>
<p>beaten at any Game.</p>
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<h2>LURRIES</h2>
<p>Money, Watches, Rings,
or other Moveables.</p>
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