Recent incision, the busy thoroughfare on the Surrey side of the Thames, known to sober people as the New Cut. Even this latter name has now been changed—if indeed the place ever was so called properly. Although to the general public the street which runs from opposite Rowland Hill’s Chapel to Westminster Bridge Road is known as the New Cut, its name to the Board of Works is Lower Marsh.
Redge, gold.
Red herring, a soldier. The terms are exchangeable, the fish being often called a “soldier.”
Red lane, the throat.
Red liner, an officer of the Mendicity Society.
Red rag, the tongue.
Red un, a gold watch.
Redtape, official routine. A term which was much in vogue during the Crimean campaign, so famous for War Office blunderings.
Regulars, a thief’s fair share of plunder.
Reliever, a coat worn in turn by any party of poor devils whose wardrobes are in pawn.