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<h1>The Letter K</h1>
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<h2>KATE</h2>
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<p>a Pick-lock. <i class="eg">'Tis a Rum kate</i>; She is a clever Pick-lock.</p>
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<h2>KEEL-<i>Bullies</i></h2>
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<p>Lightermen that carry
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coals to and from the Ships, so called
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in Derision.</p>
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<h2>KEEPING <i>Cully</i></h2>
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<p>one that maintains
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a Mistress, and parts with his Money
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very generously to her.</p>
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<h2>KEFFAL</h2>
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<p>a Horse.</p>
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<h2>KELTER</h2>
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<p>as, <i class="eg">Out of Kelter</i>, Out of
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sorts.</p>
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<h2>KEN</h2>
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<p>a House. <i class="eg">A bob-Ken</i>, or <i class="eg">a
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Bowman-ken</i>, a good or well furnished
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House; also a House that harbours
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Rogues and Thieves. <i class="eg">Biting the Ken</i>,
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robbing the House, <i class="eg">'tis a bob Ken, Brush
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upon the Sneak</i>, i.e., 'Tis a good House,
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go in and tread softly. <i class="eg">We have bit the
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Ken</i>, The House is robb'd, or the Business
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is done.</p>
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<h2>KEN-<i>Miller</i></h2>
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<p>a House-breaker, who
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usually, by getting into an empty
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House, finds Means to enter into the
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Gutters of Houses inhabited, and so
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in at the Windows, &c.</p>
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<h2>KICK</h2>
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<p>Six-pence: <i class="eg">Two, Three, Four,
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&c. and a Kick</i>; Two, Three, Four,
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&c. Shillings and Six-pence.</p>
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<h2>KICK'D</h2>
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<p>gone, fled, departed; as,
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<i class="eg">The Rum Cull kick'd away</i>, i.e. The
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Rogue made his Escape.</p>
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<h2>KICKS</h2>
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<p>Breeches. <i class="eg">Tip us your Kicks,
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we'll have them as well as your Lour</i>;
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Pull off your Breeches, for we must
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have them as well as your Money.</p>
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<h2>KID</h2>
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<p>a Child.</p>
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<h2>KIDLAYS</h2>
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<p>an Order of Rogues, who
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meeting a Youth with a Bundle or
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Parcel of Goods, wheedle him by fair
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Words, and whipping Six-pence into
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his Hand, to step on a short and sham
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Errand, in the mean Time run away
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with the Goods.</p>
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<h2>KIDNAPPER</h2>
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<p>one that decoys or
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spirits (as it is commonly called) Children
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away, and sells them for the
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Plantations.</p>
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<h2>KILKENNY</h2>
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<p>an old sorry Frize
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Coat.</p>
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<h2>KILL-<i>Devil</i></h2>
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<p>Rum.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> KIMBAW</h2>
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<p>to Trick, Sharp, or
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Cheat; also to Beat severely, or to
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Bully. <i class="eg">Let's Kimbaw the Cull</i>, Let's
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beat that Fellow, and get his Money
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(by huffing and bullying) from him.</p>
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<h2>KIN</h2>
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<p>a Thief: <i class="eg">He's one of the Kin,
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let him pike</i>; said of a Brother Rogue
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whom one of the Gang knows to be a
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Villain, tho' not one of their own
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Crew.</p>
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<h2>KINCHIN</h2>
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<p>a little Child.</p>
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<h2>KINCHIN-<i>Coves</i></h2>
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<p>little Children whose
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Parents are dead, having been Beggars;
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as also young Lads running from their
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Masters, who are first taught Canting,
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then Thieving.</p>
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<h2>KINCHIN <i>Cove</i></h2>
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<p>a little Man.</p>
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<h2>KINCHIN-<i>Morts</i></h2>
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<p>Girls of a Year or
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two old, whom the <i>Morts</i> (their Mothers)
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carry at their Backs in <i>Slates</i>
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(<i>Sheets</i>) and if they have no Children
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of thir own, they borrow or steal
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them from others.</p>
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<h2>KING <i>of the Gypsies</i></h2>
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<p>the Captain,
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Chief, or Ringleader of the Gang, the
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Master of Misrule, otherwise called
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<i>Uprightman</i>. Vide <i>Gypsies</i>.</p>
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<h2>KING<i>'s Head Inn</i></h2>
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<h2>or <i>the Chequer Inn in Newgate-street</i></h2>
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<p>the Prison of <i>Newgate</i>.</p>
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<h2>KING<i>'s Pictures</i></h2>
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<p>Money.</p>
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<h2>KIT</h2>
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<p>a Dancing Master.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> KNACK <i>Shop</i></h2>
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<p>a Toy-shop,
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freighted with pretty Devices to pick
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Pockets.</p>
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<h2>KNAVE <i>in Grain</i></h2>
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<p>one of the First
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Rate.</p>
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<h2>KNIGHT <i>of the Blade</i></h2>
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<p>a Hector or
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Bully.</p>
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<h2>KNIGHT <i>of the Post</i></h2>
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<p>a mercenary
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common Swearer, a Prostitute to every
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Cause, an Irish Evidence.</p>
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<h2>KNIGHT <i>of the Road</i></h2>
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<p>the chief
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Highwayman, best mounted and armed,
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the stoutest Fellow among them.</p>
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<h2>KNOB</h2>
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<p>the Head or Skull.</p>
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<h2>KNOCK <i>Down</i></h2>
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<p>very strong Ale or
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Beer.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> KNOCK <i>off</i></h2>
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<p>to give over Thieving.</p>
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<h2>KNOT</h2>
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<p>a Crew of Gang of Villains.</p>
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