subs. (old cant).—A prison: see CAGE: spec. NEWGATE.
1676. Warening for Housekeepers [FARMER, Musa Pedestris (1896), 30]. O then they rub us to the WHITT.
1724. J. HARPER, ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in THURMOND’S Harlequin Sheppard [FARMER, Musa Pedestris (1896), 41]. He broke thro’ all rubbs in the WHITT.
