subs. (old cant).—See quot.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. KEELBULLIES, Lightermen that carry Coals to and from the Ships, so called in Derision.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
