首页 › A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. › 第 63 题 CLICK, knock, or blow. CLICK-HANDED, left-handed.—_Cornish._ CLICK, to snatch.
CLIFT, to steal.
CLIGGY, or CLIDGY, sticky.—_Anglo Saxon_, CLÆG, clay.—_See_ CLAGGUM.
CLINCHER, that which rivets or confirms an argument, an
incontrovertible position. Metaphor from the workshop.
CLINK-RIG, stealing tankards from public-houses, taverns, &c.
CLIPPING, excellent, very good.
CLOCK, “to know what’s O’CLOCK,” a definition of knowingness in
general.—_See_ TIME O’DAY.
CLOD-HOPPER, a country clown.
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