CONSOLATION. Assassination. To kill a man, is to give him consolation.
CONVENIENT. A mistress.
COOK. Melt; dissolve.
COPBUSY. The act of handing over stolen property by a thief to one of his pals for the purpose of preventing its being found on him if arrested.
COPPED. Arrested. "The knuck was copped to rights, a skin full of honey was found in his kick's poke by the copper when he frisked him," the pickpocket was arrested, and when searched by the officer, a purse was found in his pantaloons pocket full of money.
COPPED TO RIGHTS. Arrested on undoubted evidence of guilt.
CORINTH. A bad house.
CORINTHIANS. Bad women who move in respectable society.
CORN-THRASHERS. Farmers.
COUPLE. To live with.