Jack. - Horntip

Leather-sire/cher. 172 Leek.
L EATH ER - ST R ETC H E R , subs.(venery).
—The penis. For synonyms see
CREAMSTICK and PRICK. To GO
LEATHER-STRETCHING = to copu-
late.
LEAVE, subs. (billiards').— A favorable
position for a stroke.
To TAKE FRENCH LEAVE. See
FRENCH LEAVE.
To LEAVE IN THE AIR. See AIR.
To LEAVE IN THE LURCH. See
LURCH.
L EAV ING-SHO P, subs. (common).—
I . An unlicensed pawn-brokery; a
DOLLY-SHOP (q.v.). For synonyms
see UNCLE.
1857. Morning Chronicle, 21 Dec.
Proprietress,: of one of those iniquitous
establishments called LEAVING-SHOPS.
1867. JAS. GREENWOOD, Unsentimental
Journeys, II. 15. I no longer
wondered to find my friend a pawnbroker
! He had a hankering for it at
the pig's head period, and kept, besides
the sausage-shop, a LEAVING-SHOP, in
Brick-lane, St. Luke's.
1871. Daily Teleg -rizibh, lo Oct.
A large "portion'of the least valuable was
received in 'dolly' or LEAVING-SHOPS.
The parties carrying them on purchased
goods .from Nviioever brought them, upon
an understanding that they might be
repurchased within a week or a month.
1880. JAs. GREENWOOD, Odd People
in Odd Place, p. 37. There's a little
shop in the second-hand clothes line, a
LEAVING-SHOP, I think they call it,
in — Street. There's a parcel there that
belongs to me, and which it will cost
one and eightpence to redeem ; at least,
the woman promised I might redeem it
in a month if I paid double what she
gave me for what's in it.
1893. Daily Chronicle, 9 Jan., p. 9,
col. 1. Two pawnbrokers, who appeared
to have acted in a most reckless
manner, and to a Mrs. Waldey, who
kept what was known as a LEAVING SHOP.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum.
For synonyms see Mo-
NOSYLLABLE.
L ECHER, verb. (venery).—To copulate.
For synonyms see GREENS
and RIDE.
1594. NASHE, Unf. Traveller
[GRosART (1883-4), V. 29]. He Must be
familiar with all, and trust none, drink,
carouse, and LECHER with him.
1611. COTGRAVE, Dictionarie, pas-
LED-CAPTAIN, subs. (old).—A toady;
a SPONGE (q.v.); a pimp.
1672. WYCHERLEY, Love in a Wood,
i. x. Wks. (1713), 349. For every wit
has his culley, as every squire his LED
CAPTAIN.
1749. FIELDING, 7 onz Jones, Bk.
xi. ch. ix. Two LED CAPTAINS, who had
before rode with his lordship, and who
. . . . were ready at any time to have
performed the office of a footman, or indeed
would have condescended lower,
for the honour of his lordship's company,
and for the convenience of his table.
1816. SCOTT, Antiquary, ch. xxxix.
Petrie . . . . recommends, upon his own
experience, as tutor in a family of distinction,
this attitude to all LED-CAPTAINS,
tutors, dependents and bottle-holders of
every description.
L ED - FR I EN D,subs. (old).—A parasite.
1710. STEELE, Taller, No. 208. There
is hardly a rich man in the world who
has not such a LED-FRIEND.
LEEDS, subs. (Stock Exchange).—
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire ordinary
stock.
LEEK, subs. (common).—See quot.
1851-61. H. -MAYHEW, London Lab.
Lon. Poor, vol. ii. p. 425. The LEEKS
are men who have not been brought up
to the trade of chimney sweeping, but
have adopted it as a speculation, and
are so called from their entering green,
or inexperienced into the business.