subs. (venery).—1. A prostitute’s lover or FANCYMAN. Cf., FREE-FISHERY, and for synonyms, see JOSEPH.
2. (old).—A man whose wife insists on accompanying him to a public house.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. 1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
