CATAMARAN. An ugly woman.
CATCH-POLE. A constable.
CATTER. A crowbar.
CAVED. Gave up; surrendered.
CAXON. A wig.
CENTURY. One hundred dollars; one hundred.
CHAFER. The treadmill.
CHAFF. Humbug.
CHAFFEY. Boisterous; happy; jolly.
CHAFFING. Talking; bantering.
CHALK. To mark; to spot.
CHALK FARM. The arm.
CHALKS. To walk your chalks; to run away.
CHANT. Talk; to publish; to inform. "Give me your chant," Give me your
name.
CHANT COVES. Reporters.
CHAPT. Dry; thirsty.
CHARLEY. A gold watch.
CHARLEY PRESCOT. A vest.
CHARM. A picklock.
CHATES. Gallows.
CHATTS. Lice. Chatt, a louse.
CHATTY FEEDER. A spoon.
CHEESE. Be silent; listen. "Cheese it, the coves are fly," be silent,
the people understand us.
CHERRY PIPE. A pipe; a full-grown woman.
CHIE. Who is it? do you know?
CHIN. A child.
CHINK. Money.
CHINKERS. Handcuffs and leg-irons united by a chain; money.
CHIPS. Money.
CHIVE. A file or saw. "Chive your darbies," file your irons off.
CHIVEY. To scold.
CHOKER. A neckerchief.
CHOPPED UP. When large quantities of goods are sold to a receiver, they
are divided into small lots, and put into various houses, and this is
called "chopping up the swag."
CHOVEY. A shop or store.
CHRISTENING. Erasing the name of the maker from a stolen watch and
putting another in its place.
CHUMP. Head.