DANGLER. A roué; a seducer.
DANGLERS. A bunch of seals.
DAPPER. Well made. "The crack was dapper."
DARBIES. Handcuffs; fetters.
DARBY. Cash. "Fork over the darby," hand over the cash.
DARK CULLEY. A man who visits his mistress only at night.
DARKEY. A dark lantern. "The coves had screwed the gig of the jug, when Jack flashed the darkey into it, and found it planted full of coppers. 'Bingavast!' was the word; some one has cackled," the thieves had opened the door of a bank with false keys, and when they looked in with the aid of a dark lantern, they found the place filled with officers. One of the thieves cried out: "Be off! some one has cackled."
DAUB. A ribbon.
DAVEY. Affidavit; to witness under oath.
DAWB. To bribe. "The bene cove was scragged, because he could not dawb the beak," the good fellow was hanged, because he could not bribe the judge.