1848. Duncombe, Sinks of London, s.v.
Glimflashly (or Glim-flashey), adj. (old).—Angry. See Nab the Rust and Hair.
1690. B. E., Dict. of the Cant. Crew, s.v. Glimflashly, c., Angry, or in a Passion. The Cull is Glimflashly, c. the Fellow is in a Heat.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1830. Lytton, Paul Clifford, ch. xxxi. No, Captain, don’t be glim-flashey! You have not heard all yet.
Glim-jack, subs. (old).—A link boy; a moon-curser (q.v.); but, in any sense, a thief.
1690. B. E., Dict. of the Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Glim-lurk, subs. (tramps’).—A beggars’ petition, based on a fictitious fire or glim (sense 2).
1851–61. H. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, vol. I., p. 233. The patterer becomes a ‘lurker,’—that is, an imposter; his papers certify any and every ‘ill that flesh is heir to.’ Shipwreck is called a shake-lurk; loss by fire is a glim.