A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words / Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

by John Camden Hotten

KISKY, drunk, fuddled.

KISS CURL, a small curl twisted on the temple.—See [BOW-CATCHER].

KISS-ME-QUICK, the name given to the very small bonnets worn by females since 1850.

KITE, see [FLY THE KITE].

KNACKER, an old horse; a horse slaughterer.—Gloucestershire.

KNAP, to receive, to take, to steal.

KNAPPING-JIGGER, a turnpike-gate; “to dub at the KNAPPING-JIGGER,” to pay money at the turnpike.

KNARK, a hard-hearted or savage person.

KNIFE, “to KNIFE a person,” to stab, an un-English but now-a-days a very common expression.

KNIFE IT, “cut it,” cease, stop, don’t proceed.