High jinks, gamblers, a set of fellows who keep little goes, take in insurances; also attendants at the E.O. tables and at the races; fellows always on the look out to rob unwary countrymen at cards
Hob, a bumpkin, a clodhopper
Hobbled on the leg, a transported felon ironed on the leg, and sent on board the hulks
Hog, a shilling
Hog grabber, a sneaking mean fellow, a cadger
Hog grunter, a close fisted narrow-souled, mean fellow
Hoisters, shop-lifters, fellows who go into shops, and under the pretence of buying goods, generally conceal some article under the sleeves of the coat, mostly frequenting jeweller’s shops
Hoister mots, women who go into shops and steal some small article
Holy land, St. Giles’s, from St. Giles’s being the patron saint of beggars
Hoofs, the feet