Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Stop-hole Abbey
subs. phr. (old cant).—See quot.
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c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. STOP-HOLE ABBEY, the Nick-name of the chief Rendezvouz of the Canting Crew of Gypsies, Beggers, Cheats, Thieves, &c.
