PURSE PROUD. One that is vain of his riches.
PURSENETS. Goods taken up at thrice their value, by young
spendthrifts, upon trust.
PURSER'S PUMP. A bassoon: from its likeness to a syphon,
called a purser's pump.
PURSY, or PURSIVE. Short-breathed, or foggy, from being
over fat.
PUSHING SCHOOL. A fencing school; also a brothel.
PUT. A country put; an ignorant awkward clown. To put upon any one; to attempt to impose on him, or to make him the but of the company.
PUZZLE-CAUSE. A lawyer who has a confused understanding.
PUZZLE-TEXT. An ignorant blundering parson.
QUACK. An ungraduated ignorant pretender to skill in physic, a vender of nostrums.
QUACK-SALVER. A mountebank: a seller of salves.