Vocabulum; or The Rogue's Lexicon / Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources

by George W. Matsell

BROTHER OF THE BUSKIN. An actor.

BROTHER OF THE COIF. A counsellor-at-law.

BROTHER OF THE GUSSET. A pimp.

BROTHER OF THE QUILL. An author; an editor.

BROTHER OF THE STRING. Fiddler, or musician.

BROTHER OF THE SURPLICE. A minister.

BROTHER OF THE WHIP. A coachman.

BRUISER. A fighter.

BRUSH. To flatter; to humbug; an encounter. "It was the hardest brush I ever saw; both men were as game as pebbles. It was nothing but cut, carve, and come again."

BRUSHER. A full glass.