DOCTOR,
a false Die that will run but two or three Chances. They put the Doctor upon him; they cheated him with false Dice.
a false Die that will run but two or three Chances. They put the Doctor upon him; they cheated him with false Dice.
Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Doctor in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).