Jack. - Horntip

Mohican. 329 Moko.
1719. T. DURFEY, Pills to Purge,
vi. 336. There's a new wet of Rakes,
Entitled MOHACKS, Who infest Her
Majesties subjects.
1755. Gentlemen's Mag., xxv. 65.
The moHocKs and Hell-Fire-Club, the
heroes of the last generation.
1825. NEAL, Bro. 7onathan, i. ch.
viii. Some loitering rascal who has
been out a MOHAWKING to-day.
1839. AINSWORTH, 7ack Shefifiard
[DIcK's ed.], p. 58. He's the leader of
the moHocKs.
1861. SALA, Twice Round the
Clock, 4 a. m. Par. 9. A Billingsgate
fish-fag, was more than a match for a
MOHOCK.
1882. Punch, lxxxii. 83. The
MOHOCK Revival.' That ancient form
of ruffianism known as MOTIOCKISM.
1889. CLARKSON and RICHARDSON,
Police, 7. These were the Muns ... the
Hectors. . . and the moHocKs.
MOHICAN, subs. (obsolete).-See
quot.
1848. Tail's Mag., 2 S. xv. 309.
A MOHICAN, in Cadonian phraseology,
is a tremendously heavy man, who rides
five or six miles [in an omnibus] for
sixpence.
MOIETY, subs. (old).-r. See quots.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulunz, S.V.
MOIETY, fifty.
2. (colloquial). -A wife.
MOISTEN, verb. (common).-To
drink ; TO LUSH (q.v.). Also TO
MOISTEN ONE'S CHAFFER (or
CLAY).
M 0 KE, subs. (common).-r. An ass.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Baldwin
; cucldy (Scots') ; donkey ;
Dick ; Edward ; Issachar ; Jack ;
Jenny; Jerusalem; Jerusalem pony;
King of Spain's trumpeter; longears
; myla ; Neddy.
1851. MAYHEW, Lond. Lab., ii. 85.
I had a good MORE, and a tidyish box
of a cart.
1855. THACKERAY, NeWC0711eS, XXX.
The one who rides from market on a
MORE.
1856. Punch, xxxi. 218. We
understand that the directors have been
actually challenged by a sporting minded
costermonger who has oflered to back
his MOKE against the fastest engine.
1866. G. A. SALA, Tr: fi to Barbary,
iii. As one out of every three
Bedouins you meet in the country i§
mounted on a meek little MOKE . . .
should put down the number of Arab
asses at about one million.
1888. ROLF BOLDREWOOD, Robbery
Under Arms, viii. I am regular shook
on this old MORE, I believe.
1888. J. RUNCIMAN, The Chequers,
85. I got to go to market, and we
ain't no bloornin' MORE.
1889. Illustrated Bits, 13 July.
Billy Skipper once came to Ben Bouncer
to ask for the loan of his MORE.
1894. Sketch, 28 March, 458, col.
2. "E wants a barrer an' a MORE of
'is hown,' said Nan. " E's tired of a
barsket.'
2. (common).-A dolt. See
quot. 1871.
1871. DE VERE, Americanisms,
S.V. MORE, possibly a remnant of the
obsolete moky, which is related to
'murky,' is used in New York to designate
an old fogy or any old person,
disrespectfully spoken to.
1871. Galveston News, 4 May.
See here, my lively MORE, said he, you
sling on too much style.
3. (theatrical).-A variety
artist who plays on several instruments.
4. (American).-A negro ; a
SNOWBALL (q.v.).
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
1871. DE VERE, Americanisms, p.
617. s.v.
MOKO, subs.(sportsmen's).-A pheasant
shot by mistake before the
end of the close time. The tail