WHACK. A share of a booty obtained by fraud. A paddy
whack; a stout brawney Irishman.
WHAPPER. A large man or woman.
WHEEDLE. A sharper. To cut a wheedle; to decoy by
fawning or insinuation. Cant.
WHEELBAND IN THE NICK. Regular drinking over the
left thumb.
WHELP. An impudent whelp; a saucy boy.
WHEREAS. To follow a whereas; to become a bankrupt, to figure among princes and potentates: the notice given in the Gazette that a commission of bankruptcy is issued out against any trader, always beginning with the word whereas. He will soon march in the rear of a whereas.
WHET. A morning's draught, commonly white wine, supposed to whet or sharpen the appetite.
WHETSTONE'S PARK. A lane between Holborn and Lincoln's-inn Fields, formerly famed for being the resort of women of the town.
WHIDS. Words. Cant.
TO WHIDDLE. To tell or discover. He whiddles; he peaches. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers all he knows. The cull whiddled because they would not tip him a snack: the fellow peached because they would not give him a share, They whiddle beef, and we must brush; they cry out thieves, and we must make off. Cant.