L

# The Letter L

## LAC'D Mutton

a Woman

## LACING

beating, drubbing; I'll Lace your Coat, Sirrah! I will beat you soundly!

## LADY

a very crooked, deformed and ill-shapen Woman.

## LADY-birds

light, or lewd Women.

## LAG

Water; also last.

## LAG a-dudds

a Buck of Cloths; as, We'll cloy the Lag of Dudds: Come, let us steal that Buck of Cloths.

## To LAMBASTE

to beat soundly.

## LAMB-Pye

beating or drubbing.

## LAMB-Skin Men

the Judges of the several Courts.

## LAND-Lopers

## or Land-lubbers

Vagabonds that beg and steal about the Country.

## LAND Pyrates

Highwaymen or any other Robbers.

## LAND

as, How lies the Land? How stands the Reckoning? Who has any Land in Appleby? a Question ask'd the Man, at whose Door the Glass stands long.

## LANSPRESADO

He that comes into Company with but Two-pence in his Pocket.

## LANTERN-jaw'd

a very lean, thin-faced Fellow.

## A Dark LANTHORN

the Servant or Agent that receives the Bribe (at Court).

## LAP

Pottage, Butter-milk, or Whey.

## LARE-Over

said when the true Name of the Things must (in Decency) be concealed.

## LATCH

let in.

## LAY

an Enterprize, or Attempt; To be sick of the Lay, to be tir'd in waiting for an Opportunity to effect their Purposes. Also an Hazard or Chance; as, He stands a quuer Lay; he stands an odd Chance, or is in great Danger.

## LAY'D Up in Lavender

pawn'd or dipt for present Money.

## LEATHER-Head

a Thick-skill'd, heavy-headed Fellow.

## LEATHERN Convenience

(by the Quakers) a Coach.

## LET's take an Ark and Winns

Let's hire a Skuller.

## LET's buy a Brush

## or Let's lope

Let us scour off, and make what Shift we can to secure our selves from being apprehended.

## LEVITE

a Priest or Parson.

## To LIB

to tumble or lie together.

## LIBBEN

a private Dwelling-House.

## LIBBEGE

a Bed.

## LIBKIN

a House to lie in; also a Lodging.

## LICKT

as Women's Faces with a Wash.

## LIFTER

a Crutch.

## LIG

See Lib.

## LIGHT Finger'd

Thievish.

## LIGHT-Mans

the Day or Day-break.

## LIGHT-Frigate

a Whore; also a Cruiser.

## LILLY White

a Chimney-Sweeper.

## LINE of the old Author

a Dram of Brandy.

## LINNEN Armorers

Taylors.

## LITTLE Barbary

Wapping.

## LOAP'D

run away; He loap'd up the Dancers; He whipt up the Stairs.

## LOB-Cock

a heavy, dull Fellow.

## In LOB's Pound

laid by the Heels, or clap'd up in Jail.

## LOBSTER

a red Coat Soldier.

## LOCK

as, He stood a queer Lock; i.e. He stood an indifferent Chance, &c.

## LOCK all fast

one that buys and conceals stollen Goods.

## The LOCK

the Warehouse whither the Thieves carry stollen Goods. Also an Hospital for pocky Folks in Southwark &c.

## LOCKRAM Jaw'd

thin, lean, sharp-visag'd

## LODGE

a Watch. As Files a Cly of a Lodge, or Scout, Pickt a Pocket of a Watch. Biting a Loge, or Scout, the same.

## LOLPOOP

a lazy, idle Droe.

## LONG-Meg

a very tall Woman.

## LONG-Shanks

long-legged.

## LOOKING-Glass

a Chamber-pot.

## A LOON

a Lout. A false Loon, a true Scotch Man; or Knave of any Nation.

## LOON-Slate

a Thirteen-pence Half-penny.

## LORD

a very crooked deformed, or ill-shapen Person.

## LOUR

Money.

## LOUSE Land

Scotland.

## LOUSE Trap

a Comb.

## LOW Pad

a Foot-Pad.

## LOW Tide

when there's no Money in a Man's Pocket.

## LUD's Bulwark

Ludgate Prison.

## LUGGS

Ears.

## LULLABY-Cheat

a Child.

## LUMB

too much.

## LURCHED

beaten at any Game.

## LURRIES

Money, Watches, Rings, or other Moveables.