Eason, verb (American thieves’).—To tell.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
East-and-South, subs. (rhyming slang).—The mouth. Also Sunny South. For
synonyms, see Potato-trap.
1857. Ducange Anglicus, The Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
Eastery, subs. (cheap-jacks’).—Private business.
1876. C. Hindley, Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, p. 107. At
one eastery Aaron Jessell was going to cry the place.