subs. (colloquial).1. Anything, lightly gained or easily won.
2. (common).a white speck on the finger nails, supposed to portend a gift.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
3. (printers).See GIFT-HOUSE.
AS FULL OF GIFTS AS A BRAZEN HORSE OF FARTS, phr. (old).Mean; miserly; disinclined to PART (q.v.).
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.