BADGERS,
a Crew of desperate Villains, who rob and kill near rivers, and then throw the dead bodies therein.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
a Crew of desperate Villains, who rob and kill near rivers, and then throw the dead bodies therein.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Badgers in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).