subs. phr. (old).—See quot. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. MADAM VAN, a whore. The cull has been with MADAM VAN, the fellow has enjoyed such a one.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
