subs. phr. (old).—A pleader in the Law Courts: also GREEN-BAG (q.v.).
1654. Witt’s Recreations. ‘On Zoilus.’
| If souldiers may obtain four terms of war, | |
| Muskets should be the pleaders, pikes the bar; | |
| For BLACK BAGS, bandeliers, jackets for gowns, | |
| Angels for fees, we’ll take no more crackt crowns. |
