adj. (old).—See quot.
1830. BULWER-LYTTON, Paul Clifford, p. 29 (ed. 1854). ‘Paul, my ben cull,’ said he with a knowing wink, and nudging the young gentleman in the left side, ‘vot do you say to a drop o’ blue ruin? or, as you likes to be CONISH (genteel), I doesn’t care if I sports you a glass of port.’
