subs. (old).—See quot. 1696. For synonyms, see ACTUAL and GILT. Also LURRY.

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  1674.  R. HEAD, The Canting Academy (ed. 20). ‘The Budgeon it is a Delicate Trade.’

        But if the cully nab us and
  The LURRIES from us take,
O then he rubs us to the whit.

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  1670.  The Twenty Craftsmen.

        The fifth was a glazier, who, when he creeps in,
To pinch all the LURRY he thinks it no sin.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LURRIES, Money, Watches, Rings, or other Moveables.

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  1725.  A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.

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  1754.  The Scoundrel’s Dictionary, ‘The black Procession,’ p. 30. If he sees but the LURRY with his Hooks he will bait.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.

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