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.

CAIN AND ABEL. A table.

CAKE. An easy fool of a policeman; a flat cop.