slang. [f. KOD v.4] Humbug, ‘gammon.’
1873. Slang Dict., 207. ‘No kid, now?’ is a question often asked by a man who thinks he is being hoaxed.
1876. Hindley, Cheap Jack, 64 (Farmer). One of these brother boys was well-known for his kid, that is gammon and devilry.
1894. G. Moore, Esther Waters, 18. I should think the trial was at three-quarters of the mile. The mile was so much kid.
