Knowledge Box.—The head.
L.
Lace.—To beat. I’ll lace your jacket for you—I will beat you.
Laced Mutton.—See Shakespeare’s: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act i., Scene 1.
Lady Birds.—Cyprians, female peripatetics. Light or lewd women.
The merchant’s daughter died soon after,
Tears she shed, but spoke no words,
So all young men a warning take,
And don’t go with the naughty Lady Birds.
Lady in Mourning.—A negress, a black woman.
Lag.—A returned transport. Bill has been out of the country for some time past studying botany!—That is he has been to Botany Bay as a transport, but now returned.
Laid on the Shelf.—For further particulars consult any unmarried woman under the age of ——!!!—— If I know more of any man alive than that which maiden modesty doth warrant, let all my sins lack mercy.—Shakespeare.
Lamp.—The human eye! The cove has a queer Lamp, the man has a blind or squinting eye.