1856. H. Mayhew, Gt. World of London, p. 46. The dependents of
cheats; as jollies and ‘magsmen,’ or the confederates of other
cheats.
1867. Jas. Greenwood, Unsent. Journeys, xxiv. 190. The ‘wheel of
fortune’ keepers, man and woman, attended by their jollies ...
those wonderfully lucky persons who, coming up quite promiscuously,
win and carry away the sets of china and diamond earrings.