ANGLERS. Small thieves who place a hook on the end of a stick, and therewith steal from store-windows, doors, etc. It also applies to fencemen; putters up, etc.
ANKLE. "A sprained ankle;" the mother of a child born out of wedlock.
ANODYNE. Death; to anodyne, to kill. "Ahr say, Bill, vy don't yer hopen that jug and draw the cole?" "Vy, my cove, aren't you avare as how a bloke snoses hin it?" "Vell, vot hof it, aren't yer habel to put him to hanodyne?"
ANOINTED. Flogged.
APPLES AND PEARS. Stairs.
AQUA. Water.
ARCH-COVES. Chief of the gang or mob; headmen; governors; presidents.
ARCH-DUKE. A funny fellow.
ARCH-GONNOFF. The chief of a gang of thieves.