These arrangements are nowadays called “time bargains,” and are as fairly (or unfairly) gambling as any transactions at the Victoria Club or Tattersall’s, or any of the doings which call for the intervention of the police and the protestations of pompous City magistrates, who, during their terms of office, try to be virtuous and make their names immortal. Certainly BULLING and BEARING are as productive of bankruptcy and misery as are [BACKING] and [LAYING].
Be-argered, drunk. (The word is divided here simply to convey the pronunciation.)
Bear-Leader, a tutor in a private family. In the old days of the “grand tour” the term was much more in use and of course more significant than it is now.
Bear-up and Bearer-up.—See [BONNET].
Beat, the allotted range traversed by a policeman on duty.
Beat, or BEAT-HOLLOW, to surpass or excel; also “BEAT into fits,” and “BEAT badly.”
Beat, “DEAD-BEAT,” wholly worn out, done up.
Beater-Cases, boots. Nearly obsolete. Trotter cases is the term nowadays.
Beaver, old street term for a hat; GOSS is the modern word, BEAVER, except in the country, having fallen into disuse.
Bebee, a lady.—Anglo-Indian.