BUZZING. Searching for. "I was in a push and had to buzz about half a glass before I touched a flat's thimble and slang. I fenced the swag for half a century"—"I was in a crowd and searched for half an hour before I succeeded in stealing a man's watch and chain, which I sold for fifty dollars."
C
CAB-MOLL. A woman that keeps a bad house.
CACKLE. To blab. "The cove cackles"—tells all he knows.
CAD. A baggage-smasher; a railroad conductor.
CADGER. A beggar; a mean thief.
CADY. A hat.
CAG. Sulky; morose.
CAKE. An easy fool of a policeman; a flat cop.