Deadly’s Fluid.—Gin, distilled at Deady and Hanley’s, Hampstead Road.
Dealer’s in Queer.—Passers of bad notes.
Demirep.—A flighty woman, too free in her manners.
Devil’s Bones.—Dice, which are made of bones and lead to ruin.
Dibdin, Charles.—Writer of sea songs and operas, born 1745, died July 25, 1814. His evergreen! Ballad Opera, The Waterman; or, The First of August, was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre, 1774, thus cast:—
| Tom Tug | Mr. Bannister. | |
| Bundle | Mr. Wilson. | |
| Robin | Mr. Weston. | |
| Mrs. Bundle | Mrs. Thompson. | |
| Wilhelmina | Mrs. Jewell. |
Dimmock.—Money. To flap the dimmock, to spend the money.
Dive.—A visit to the lower regions of Wapping and St. Giles’s.
Diamond Squad.—People of quality. Vide Almack’s.
Dog Billy.—The—This celebrated Hero of the canine race to the great joy of the rats, lost his wind on Monday, February 23, 1829, in Panton Street, Haymarket. The body-snatchers and dog-priggers are out-done upon this suit, and the remains of Billy, instead of being obscured in clay, are preserved in an elegant glass case and gilt frame. The Ex-Champion, Tom Cribb, who liked Billy when alive, still likes him although told out. Billy was the property of Charley Aistrop when he last barked out an adieu; although Cribb was his tender nurse up to the time when he gave up the ghost. The rats it is said, are extremely glad to find Billy has left no successor to give them a nip.