Bottom, stamina in a horse or man. Power to stand fatigue; endurance to receive a good beating and still fight on. “A fellow of pluck, sound wind, and good BOTTOM is fit to fight anything.” This was an old axiom among prize fighters. Pierce Egan was very fond of the word.
Bottom, spirit placed in a glass before aërated water is poured in. As, “a soda and a BOTTOM of brandy,” “soda and dark BOTTOM,” is American for soda and brown brandy.
“Bottomed well with brandy.”—Bon Gaultier Ballads.
Botts, the colic or bellyache.—Stable Slang. Burns uses it. See Death and Dr. Hornbook.
Botty, conceited, swaggering.—Stable. An infant’s posteriors.—Nursery.
Bounce, impudence, cheek. A showy swindler, a bully.
Bounce, to boast, cheat, or bully.—Old Cant. Also to lie.
Bounceable, prone to bouncing or boasting.
Bouncer, a person who steals whilst bargaining with a tradesman, a swindler, or a lie of more than ordinary dimensions.
Bounder, a four-wheeled cab. Because of its jumping motion over the stones. Also a University term for a [TRAP], which generally has a very rough time of it on the country roads.