DOLLYMOP, a tawdrily-dressed maid servant, a street walker.
DOLLY SHOP, an illegal pawnshop,—where goods, or stolen property, not
good enough for the pawnbroker, are received, and charged at so much
per day. If not redeemed the third day the goods are forfeited. _Anglo
Saxon_, DAEL, a part,—to dole?—_See_ NIX. A correspondent thinks it may
have been derived from the _black doll_, the usual sign of a rag shop.
DOMINE, a parson.
DOMINOS, the teeth.
DON, a clever fellow, the opposite of a muff; a person of distinction
in his line or walk. At the Universities, the Masters and Fellows are
THE DONS. DON is also used as an adjective, “a DON hand at a knife and
fork,” _i.e._, a first-rate feeder at a dinner table.—_Spanish._
DONE FOR A RAMP, convicted for thieving.
DONKEY, “three more and up goes the DONKEY,” a vulgar street phrase
for extracting as much money as possible before performing any task.
The phrase had its origin with a travelling showman, the _finale_ of
whose performance was the hoisting of a DONKEY on a pole or ladder;
but this consummation was never arrived at unless the required number
of “browns” was first paid up, and “three more” was generally the
unfortunate deficit.
DONNA AND FEELES, a woman and children. _Italian_ or _Lingua Franca_,
DONNE E FIGLIE.
DOOKIN, fortune telling. _Gipsey_, DUKKERIN.
DOSE, three months’ imprisonment as a known thief.—_See_ BRAGGADOCIO.
DOSS, a bed.—_North._ Probably from DOZE. Mayhew thinks it is from the
Norman, DOSSEL, a hanging, or bed canopy.
DOSS, to sleep, formerly spelt DORSE. Perhaps from the phrase to lie on
one’s _dorsum_, back.
DOSS-KEN, a lodging house.
DOUBLE, “to tip (or give) the DOUBLE,” to run away from any person; to
double back, turn short round upon one’s pursuers and so escape, as a
hare does.—_Sporting._
DOUBLE-UP, to pair off, or “chum,” with another man; to beat severely.
DOUBLE-SHUFFLE, a low, shuffling, noisy dance, common amongst
costermongers.—_See_ FLIP-FLAPS.