BUSS BEGGAR. An old superannuated fumbler, whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them.
BUS-NAPPER. A constable. CANT.
BUS-NAPPER'S KENCHIN. A watchman. CANT.
BUSY. As busy is the devil in a high wind; as busy as a hen with one chick.
BUTCHER'S DOG. To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the
beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to
married men.
BUTCHER'S HORSE. That must have been a butcher's
horse, by his carrying a calf so well; a vulgar joke on an
awkward rider.
BUTT. A dependant, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom
all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and who serves
as a butt for all the shafts of wit and ridicule.
BUTTER BOX. A Dutchman, from the great quantity of
butter eaten by the people of that country.
BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain
with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.
BUTTER AND EGGS TROT. A kind of short jogg trot, such as is used by women going to market, with butter and eggs.—he looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth, yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her; a saying of a demure looking woman, of suspected character. Don't make butter dear; a gird at the patient angler.