Hackslaver, to stammer in one’s speech, like a dunce at his lesson.
Haddock, a purse.—See [BEANS].
Hair of the dog, a “modest quencher,” taken the morning following a debauch. Originally a “HAIR OF THE DOG that bit you.” This is very old, and seems to show that homœopathy is by no means new, so far as topers, at all events, are concerned.
Half-a-bean, half-a-sovereign.
Half-a-bull, two shillings and sixpence.
Half-a-couter, half-a-sovereign.
Half-a-hog, sixpence; sometimes termed HALF-A-GRUNTER.
Half-and-half, a mixture of ale and porter, much affected by medical students; occasionally Latinized into “dimidium dimidiumque.” Cooper is HALF-AND-HALF, made of stout and porter. The term of HALF-AND-HALF is also applied to the issue of marriages between gipsies and “white people.”
Half-a-stretch, six months in prison.
Half-a-tusheroon, half-a-crown.