subs. (venery).—1. The penis: also MATRIMONIAL PEACEMAKER: see PRICK.
1796. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd ed.), s.v. MATRIMONIAL PEACEMAKER. The sugar stick, or arbor vitæ.
2. In pl. (military).—The Bedfordshire regiment, formerly The Sixteenth Foot. [From Surinaam in 1804 to Chitral in 1895 the Bedfordshires missed all chances of active service.]
3. (American).—A revolver: see MEAT IN THE POT.
