PUSH. A crowd.
PUT. An ignorant clown.
PUT A FELLOW UP TO HIS ARMPITS. Cheated by his companions of his share of the plunder.
PUT AWAY. Locked up; imprisoned.
PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL. Buried in the earth.
PUT UP. Information given to thieves by persons in the employ of parties to be robbed, such as servants, clerks, porters, etc., whereby the thief is facilitated in his operations.
PUT UP JOB. A job is said to be put up if the porter of a store should allow a "fitter" to take an impression of the keys of the door or the safe; or when a clerk sent to the bank to make a deposit, or to draw an amount of money, allows himself to be thrown down and robbed, in order to have his pocket picked.
PUZZLE-COVE. A lawyer.