subs. (old cant).—See quot. For synonyms, see SWIPES.
1622. TAYLOR (‘The Water Poet’), A Very Merry Wherry-Ferry-Voyage (HINDLEY, Works, 1872), 19. Give me HULL CHEESE, and welcome and good Cheere. Note: HULL CHEESE, is much like a loafe out of a Brewers Basket, it is Composed of two simples, Mault and Water, in one Compound, and is Cousin Germane to the mightiest Ale in England.
