Hurry-whore, subs. (old).—A walking strumpet.
1630. Taylor, Wks. And I doe wish with all my heart, that the superfluous number of all our hyreling hackney carryknaves, and hurry-whores, with their makers and maintainers, were there, where they might never want continuall imployment.
Husband’s-boat, subs. (common).—The Saturday boat to Margate during the summer season.
c. 1867. Vance, Broadside Ballad. ‘The Husband’s Boat.’
1887. Murray, in New Eng. Dict., Pt. III., p. 956, c. 3. Waiting at Margate Pier for the husband’s boat on Saturday afternoon.
Husband’s-supper. To warm the husband’s supper, verb. phr. (common).—To sit before the fire with lifted skirts. Fr., faire chapelle.
Husband’s-tea, subs. (common).—Weak tea; water bewitched (q.v.).
Hush, verb. (old).—To kill.—Grose.
Hush-money, subs. (old: now recognised).—Money paid for silence, to quash a case, or stay a witness; a bribe; blackmail.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 26. I expect hush-money to be regularly sent for every folly or vice any one commits in this whole town.