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RABBIT . A Welch rabbit; bread and cheese toasted, i.e. a Welch rare bit. Rabbits were also a sort of wooden canns to drink out of, now out of use. RABBIT CATCHER . A midwife. RABBIT SUCKERS . Young spendthrifts taking up goods on trust at great prices. RACK RENT . Rent strained to the utmost value. To lie at rack and manger; to be in great disorder. RACKABACK . A gormagon. See GORMAGON. RAFFS . An appellation given by the gownsmen of the university of Oxford to the inhabitants of that place. RAG . Bank notes. Money in general. The cove has no rag; the fellow has no money. RAG . A farthing. RAG CARRIER . An ensign. RAG FAIR . An inspection of the linen and necessaries of a company of soldiers, commonly made by their officers on Mondays or Saturdays.

Old English 'word lottery' pick Pertusion : n. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein.; n. A punched hole; a perforation.

Based on the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence by Francis Grose published originally in 1811
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