1607. Shakspeare, Julius Cæsar, iii., 1. Cry havock, and let slip the dogs of war.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. They made sad Havock, they Destroy’d all before ’em.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
Hawcubite, subs. (old).—A roysterer; a street bully. [After the Restoration there was a succession of these disturbers of the peace: first came the Muns, then followed the Tityre Tus, the Hectors, the Scourers, the Nickers, the Hawcubites, and after them the Mohawks (q.v.).]
Hawk, subs. (common).—1. A card-sharper; a rook (q.v.).
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hawk, c., a Sharper.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v. Hawk, a Sharper.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hawk also signifies a sharper, in opposition to pigeon.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Hawk. A Confidence Man; a swindler.
1891. New York Herald [London ed.], 31 May. These were hawks and pigeons, and those who are no longer pigeons, and never had, or will have, an inclination to be hawks.