COMMONS. The house of commons; the necessary house.
COMPANY. To see company; to enter into a course of prostitution.
COMPLIMENT. See CHRISTMAS.
COMUS'S COURT. A social meeting formerly held at the
Half Moon tavern Cheapside.
CONFECT. Counterfeited.
CONGER. To conger; the agreement of a set or knot of booksellers of London, that whosoever of them shall buy a good copy, the rest shall take off such a particular number, in quires, at a stated price; also booksellers joining to buy either a considerable or dangerous copy.
CONGO. Will you lap your congo with me? will you drink tea with me?
CONNY WABBLE. Eggs and brandy beat up together. IRISH.
CONSCIENCE KEEPER. A superior, who by his influence
makes his dependants act as he pleases.
CONTENT. The cull's content; the man is past complaining:
a saying of a person murdered for resisting the robbers. CANT.