JINGLE-Boxes,
Leathern Jacks tipt and hung with Silver Bells, formerly in use among Fuddle-caps.
Leathern Jacks tipt and hung with Silver Bells, formerly in use among Fuddle-caps.
Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Jingle Boxes in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).