The purse had
silver in it; and he that could take out a counter,
without noise of any of the bells, was adjudged a
judicial NYPPER: according to their terms of art, a
FOYSTER was a pick-pocket; a NYPPER was a pick purse,
or cut-purse.
O BE JOYFUL. I'll make you sing O be joyful on the
other side of your mouth; a threat, implying the party
threatened will be made to cry. To sing O be easy; to
appear contented when one has cause to complain, and
dare not.
OAF. A silly fellow.
OAFISH. Simple.
OAK. A rich maa, a man of good substance and credit.
To sport oak; to shut the outward door of a student's
room at college. An oaken towel; an oaken cudgel. To
rub a man down with an oaken towel; to beat him.
OATS. He has sowed his wild oats; he is staid, or sober,
having left off his wild tricks.
OATHS. The favourite oaths of the thieves of the present
day are, "God strike me blind!" "I wish my bloody eyes
may drop out if it is not true!" "So help me God!"
"Bloody end to me!"
OAR. To put in one's oar; to intermeddle, or give an
opinion unasked: as, To be sure, you must put in your
oar!
OBSTROPULOUS. Vulgar misnomer of OBSTREPEROUS: as, I
was going my rounds, and found this here gemman very
obstropulous, whereof I comprehended him as an
auspicious parson.
OCCUPY. To occupy a woman; to have carnal knowledge
of her.
ODDFELLOWS. A convivial society; the introduction to
the most noble grand, arrayed in royal robes, is well worth
seeing at the price of becoming a member.
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