SKIPPER, a barn.—_Ancient cant.__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.

SKIPPER IT, to sleep in the open air, or in a rough way.

SKIPPER-BIRDS, or KEYHOLE WHISTLERS, persons who sleep in barns or

outhouses in preference to lodging-houses.

SKIT, a joke, a squib.

SKITTLES, a game similar to Ten Pins, which, when interdicted by the

Government was altered to Nine Pins, or SKITTLES. They are set up in an

alley and are _thrown at_ (not bowled) with a round piece of hard wood,

shaped like a small flat cheese. The costers consider themselves the

best players in London.

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