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Vakeel . a barrister.—_Anglo-Indian._
Vamos . VAMOUS, or VAMOOSH, to go, or be off. Spanish, VAMOS, “Let us go!” Probably NAMUS, or NAMOUS, the costermonger’s word, was from this.
Vamp . to spout, to leave in pawn. Also to cobble, as, “a VAMPED play,” and “a VAMPED accompaniment,” both terms reflecting discredit on the work, but not necessarily upon the musician.
Vamps . old, or refooted stockings. From VAMP, to piece.
Vardo . to look; “VARDO the carsey,” look at the house. VARDO formerly was old cant for a waggon. This is by low Cockneys generally pronounced VARDY.
Vardy . verdict, vulgarly used as opinion, thus, “My VARDY on the matter is the same as yourn.”
Varmint. “You young VARMINT, you!” you bad, or naughty boy. Corruption . of VERMIN.
Varnisher . an utterer of false sovereigns. Generally “snide-pitcher.”
Velvet . the tongue; especially the tongue of a magsman. Also, men who have succeeded in their speculations, especially on the turf, are said to stand on VELVET.
Veneer . the artificiality of society, conventionality. Dickens expressed his dislike for certain forms of VENEER repeatedly, and especially by means of his Veneerings in _Our Mutual Friend_.
Vet . colloquial term for VETERINARIAN.
Vic . the Victoria Theatre, London. Also the street abbreviation of the Christian name of her Majesty the Queen.
Village . or THE VILLAGE, _i.e._, London. Birmingham is called “the hardware VILLAGE.” Also a Cambridge term for a disreputable suburb of that town, viz., Barnwell, generally styled “the VILLAGE.”
Ville . or VILE, a town or village—pronounced PHIAL, or VIAL.—_French._
Vinnied . mildewed, or sour.—_Devonshire._
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