1851–61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab., i. 340. One of those specious but
deceitful ‘fakements’ upon which the ‘swells,’ (especially those
who have ‘been in the service,’) ‘come down with a couter’
(sovereign) if they ‘granny the mauley’ (perceive the signature) of
a brother officer or friend.
Maund (or Maunder).—1. To beg. To maund upon the pad (or on the fly) =
to beg in the highway or the street. Maunding = begging. [From Maund =
a basket: cf. Beg from bag].
1531–47. Copland, Hye Way to the Spyttel House, line 1046. With
bowsy Cove maund Nace, Tour the Patring Coue inthe darkeman Case.
1607. Dekker, Jests to Make You Merie, in Wks. (Grosart), II. 322.
In her mawnd or basket which she beares on her arme, lapt in a pure
white cloth, some fine tidy pig.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Mark-all, p. 39 (H. Club’s Repr. 1874). What
maund doe you beake = what kind of begging use you? Ile myll your
maund = Ile spoyle your begging.
1611. Middleton, Roaring Girl, v. 1. I instructed him in the
rudiments of roguery, and by my map made him sail over any country
you can name, so that now he can maunder better than myself.
1621. Fletcher, Thierry & Theodoret, v. 1. Keep constables waking,
wear out stocks and whipcord, maunder for buttermilk, etc.
1622. Beaumont and Fletcher, The Beggar’s Bush, ii. 1. And every
man to keep In his own path and circuit. Hig. Do you hear? You must
hereafter maund on your own pads, he says.
1625. Jonson, Staple of News, ii. A rogue, A very canter, I, sir,
one that maunds Upon the pad.
1665. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. 1. ch. v. p. 44 (1874). Having
sufficiently warm’d our brains with humming liquor, which our Lower
(money) shall procure; if our deceitful maunding (Begging) cannot.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict., s.v. Maunding, begging.
1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary (5th ed.). Maunder(s) ... also the cant
word for to beg.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
1876. M. E. Braddon, Joshua Haggard, ch. vii. Who [a Devonshire
lad] ... had already unpacked the basket, or maund, as he called
it.