7. (gaming).—The pool at Nap, into which each dealer pays, the winner
of the next nap taking the lot.
Adj. (common).—Neat; smart; spruce: cf. subs. sense 5.
Verb. (old).—To hang.—Grose (1785).
Jamboree (or Jimboree), subs. (American).—A frolic; a spree (q.v.). For
synonyms see Flare-up.
1872. Scribner’s Mag., iv. 363. There have not been so many dollars
spent on any jamboree.
James, subs. (thieves’).—1. A crowbar. For synonyms see jemmy. Fr. un
jacques.
1819. De Vaux, Memoirs, s.v. James.
1879. Macmillan’s Magazine, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ xl. 503. I
had the james and screws on me.