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KATE. A smart, brazen-faced woman.
KATEY. A picklock.
KE-KEYA. Devil; Satan.
KEELER. A small tub, or firkin.
KEFFEL. A horse.
KEN. A house. "Bite the ken," rob the house.
KEN-CRACKER. A house-breaker.
KETCH. Hang. "I'll ketch you," I'll hang you.
KICK. A pocket. "The Moll stubbled her skin in her kick," the woman held her purse in her pocket.
KICK-CLOY. A pair of breeches.
KICKED THE BUCKET. Dead.
KICKSIES. Pants; breeches.
KID. A child; a youth; a young one.
KIDDED. Coaxed; amused; humbugged. "The sneaksman kidded the cove of the crib, while his pal tapped the till," the thief amused the store-keeper, while his comrade robbed the money-drawer.
KIDDIES. Young thieves.
KIDDEN. A boy lodging-house.
KIDMENT. Comical.
KIDNEY. The same kind.
KIDSMAN. A fellow that boards and lodges boys for the purpose of teaching them how to steal, putting them through a course of training, as a dog-trainer will train dogs for the hunt. The kidsman accompanies the kid, and though committing no depredations himself, he controls and directs the motions of the others.
KILL DEVIL. New rum.
KIMBAW. To bully; to beat. "Let's kimbaw the bloke," let us bully or beat the fellow.
KINCHIN. A young child.
KINCHIN COVES. Boys taught how to steal.
KINCHIN MORTS. Girls educated to steal.
KIP. A bed; half a fool.
KIRJALIS. Who fears? I fear not; come on.
KIRKBUZZER. A fellow that picks pockets in churches.
KIT. A dancing-master; the implements of a burglar.
KITCHEN PHYSIC. Food. "A little kitchen physic will set me up." I have more need of a cook than a doctor.
KITE. A letter; fancy stocks.
KITING. Restless; going from place to place.
KITTLE. To tickle; to please.
KITTLER. One who tickles or pleases.
KITTYS. Stock in trade; tools. "The bobbies seized the screwsman's kittys," the officers seized the burglar's tools.
KLEM. To strike. "Klem the bloke," hit the man.
KNAPPED. Arrested.
KNIGHT OF ALSATIA. A person that treats the whole company.
KNIGHT OF THE POST. A fellow that will swear any thing for money.
KNOB. The head.
KNOB-THATCHER. A wig-maker.
KNOCK-ME-DOWN. Very strong liquor.
KNOSE. Tobacco; smoke.
KNOT. A gang of thieves.
KNOWLEDGE-BOX. The head.
KNUCK. A pickpocket.
KONE. Counterfeit money.
KONIACKER. A counterfeiter.