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See Camesa.] For synonyms, see Flesh bag.
1567. Harman, Caveat (1814), p. 65, .v.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Mark-all, p. 37 (H. Club's Repr., 1874), s.v.
1622. John Fletcher, The Beggar's Bush. I crown thy nab with a gag of ben-*bouse, And stall thee by the salmon into clowes To maund on the pad and strike all the Cheats To mill from the Ruffmans, and commission, and slates.
1630. Taylor ('The Water Poet'), wks. Quoted in Nares. As from our beds we doe oft cast our eyes, Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, Which is a garment shifting in condition, And in the canting tongue is a commission; In weale or woe, in joy or dangerous drifts, A shirt will put a man unto his shifts.
1671. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. I, ch. v., p. 48 (1874), s.v.
Commister, subs, (old);—A clergyman. The same as camister (q.v.). For synonyms, see Devil-dodger.
Commodity, subs. (old).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
1596. Shakspeare, King John, ii., 2. Tickling commodity; commodity—the bias of the world.
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
Common-Bounce, subs, (low).—One using a lad as a decoy to prefer a charge of unnatural intercourse
1886. M. Davitt, Leaves from a Prison Diary, p. 109. The common bounce Of all the scoundrels that stalk abroad in the world unhung for undetected enormities, this is the most infamous.
Common-Doings, subs. (American).—Every-day fare. [A phrase of Western origin, at first restricted in its meaning, but now including ordinary transactions as compared to those either large or peculiarly profitable; applied to men, actions, and things. 'What shall we do?' says a poor frontiersman's wife, when she hears of a Federal Officer who is to take up his quarters at her cabin for a day; 'I can't give him common-doings.']
1835. Haliburton ('Sam Slick'), The Clockmaker, 3 S. I guess I'll order supper. What shall it be? Cornbread and common doins, or wheatbread and chicken fixins?
Commoner-Grub, subs. (Winchester College).—A dinner formerly given by Commoners to College after cricket matches. [Commoners are boys not on the foundation.]
Commoney, subs, (schoolboys').—A clay marble. Cf., Alley.
1836. C. Dickens, Pickwick Papers (about 1827), p. 28 (ed. 1857). On one occasion he patted the boy on the head, and after inquiring whether he had won any alley tors or commoneys lately (both of which I understand to be a particular species of marbles much prized by the youth of this town), made use of this remarkable expression—'How should you like to have another father?'
Common-Jack, subs, (military).—A prostitute. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack and Tart.
Common-Plugs, subs. (American).—Ordinary members of society.
Commonsensical, adj. (colloquial).—Marked with common sense.
1880. Frazer's Magazine, Sep., p. 308. The manner in which he (Alexander Russell) begins must have delighted the commonsensical mind of old Charles Maclaren.
Common Sewer, subs. phr. (common).—1. A drink; dram; or 'go.' [From common sewer = 'a drain.'] For synonyms, see Go.
