a chara my friend, buddy, pal (Irish)
a mhac my friend (Irish)
bairn a child
balderdash diluted liquor
barking iron a pistol
bawd a pimp
bawdy house a brothel
beak a judge
beard splitter a pimp
beaters a pair of boots
beour a woman (Irish)
bimble stroll
black box a lawyer
black joke a woman’s private parts
blackthorn a stick made from blackthorn, popular with the Irish
blade cock a man who specializes in knife work
bob masturbate
bobtail a prostitute
boglander an Irishman
Bojeley Beaujolais wine
bollocks testicles; also rubbish
bounce nerve; courage
bouncer a ruffian
box the Jesuit masturbate
breeks breeches
bumper a large glass, filled to the brim
calibogus spruce beer
cant street slang
charley a big man; an oaf
cheese it be quiet
chink money
chive a knife
clunch a fool
coat buzzer pickpocket
cock a man
colt bowler a young man
cossack a policeman
cove a man
cracked mad
crackers buttocks
crow fortunate
crusher a policeman
cull a man
danna excrement
death hunter an undertaker
dimber pretty; handsome
doxy a prostitute
drumbelo a fool
dub o’ the hick a bump on the head
ducats money
duds clothing
eagle ten-dollar coin
earth bath a grave
eternity box coffin
fadge a farthing; also, to care
fart catcher a valet
farting crackers breeches
Fenian a Catholic Irishman
filch to steal
finger smith woman who performs abortions
fizzog a face
flash fancy; elaborate; also slang
flicker a medium size glass
fork (verb) to pickpocket
gammon rubbish
gelt money
glad (verb) to saunter
glimms eyes
goose to fool
grapple raw liquor
grunter a pig
gull (noun) a gullible person
gull (verb) to play a confidence trick; to fool
gundiguts a roly-poly fellow
gurn (verb) to complain; to drone on (Northern English)
gurn (noun) a face; an expression (Northern English)
hack appearance
half seas-over tipsy
heavers a woman’s breasts
hector a ruffian
hessian coarse cloth; sacking
Hispaniola the island of Haiti and the Dominican Republic
hose stockings
huff (noun) a blowhard
hugger-mugger stealth
hush to kill
jarvie a coachman
jigger a lock
judy a prostitute
kinchin a child
kip (noun) a house; a sleep
knap to steal
knuckler a thief; a pickpocket
lambskin man a judge (because of his long wig)
laycock a woman’s private parts
libben a house; a home
lift (verb) to steal
lobster a redcoat; a King’s soldier
long-shanks long-legged
lutefisk fermented herring
mab a woman; a wench
mackerel a wallet
mackerel-back skinny
madge a woman’s private parts
marra friend; mate (Northern English)
matelot sailor
mauld drunk
member mug a chamber pot
mill to kill
moll a woman; a mistress
mort a woman
mott a woman’s private parts; a prostitute
muff-wipe a sanitary towel
nazie drunk
nug to copulate
nugging shop a brothel
peg a penis
pettifogger a lawyer
phiz a face
pike to run away
pink (verb) to stab; to pierce
pipe a penis
plug; plug tail a penis
poker a sword
poundies an Irish potato-based dish
prancer a horse
prig a thief
privy a lavatory
puff guts fat
pug cider cider made with ingredients other than apples
quid money; dollars; pounds
queer the lay disrupt the plan
rag carrier a cavalry standard bearer; an ensign
rantum scantum sexual intercourse
rum strange; odd
sand courage
sapscull an idiot
scaly miserly
scamp (verb) to run away
screwsman a lock-breaker
shab off run away; escape; desert
sharper cheat
shoot the cat to vomit
shoulder clapper a policeman
simkin a fool
six and tips a cheap cocktail of whiskey and beer, favored by the Irish; also an Irishman
snakesman a small burglar who sneaks through windows
spooney foolish
stampers footwear
stand buff to give evidence
stingo strong drink; rotgut
strapped armed
strommel hair
suck the monkey binge drink
swede a head
swill-tub a drunkard
swive sexual intercourse
swizzle a cocktail of beer, rum and sugar
tackle clothes; belongings
tarrywags testicles
Teaguelander an Irishman
the gunner’s daughter a cannon
thieftaker bounty hunter
tib a young girl
tile a hat
tilt fight
tip (verb) to inform; to notice
titter a young woman
toasting iron a sword
tony an albatross; a big man; a thug
tooler a pickpocket
top (verb) to kill
topping cove a swell; a gentleman
tosspot a garbage can; insult
trumpery rubbish; hot air
tup to copulate
turk a bad man; a thug
twig to spot; to discover
wean a child
whiddle to talk; to tell
wireman a man who kills with a garrote, by preference
wit to understand
yarum warm milk