= situation, place.
Originally commercial slang, like berth in the same sense.
do
»He will only let us have them (the rooms) on the understanding that we ‘do for’ ourselves.» (P. Kelver II. 110. 26.)
A gentleman.
= to attend on (as landladies on lodgers). Probably servants’ slang.
jaw
»Go to hell with your snivelling jaw.» (Novel Notes 179. 10.)
A convict.