CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ADJECTIVE 1. bad ...c1740 UK criminals' sl. 2. spoilt, useless, second-rate ...M19 sl. 3. lame; disabled through injury or pain; injured ...1879 Eng. dial. & sl. 4. good-for-nothing, idle, blundering ...1884 Eng. dial. 5. old, ugly ...1889 theatrical sl. 6. ill-tempered ...B1900 Amer. 7. of a road: dirty, muddy ...B1900 Eng. dial. 8. sticky ...B1900 Eng. dial. 9. inferior, of low quality ...1979 UK sl. NOUN 1. cant or criminal language ...1812 UK criminals' sl. 2. a nickname for a lame person ...B1900 Eng. dial. & sl. 3 a grandmother ...B1900 Eng. dial. 4. a fool ...L19 Aust. sl. Adjective, sense 3: dialect derivative of game lame, perhaps from French gambi crooked 1839 - 'Ducange Anglicus' The Vulgar Tongue: comprising Two Glossaries of Slang, Cant, and Flash Words and Phrases, Principally used in London at the Present Day; see below From: The Vulgar Tongue Comprising Two Glossaries of Slang, Cant and Flash Words and Phrases, Principally used in London at the Present Day; by 'Ducange Anglicus' New Edition, 1857 A Dictionary of the Flash or Cant Language known to every Thief and Beggar P. 29 From: Life and Work Among the Navvies,
By D.W. Barrett, 1880 Part II, Chapter II, Navvy Slang P. 43
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