STOP-Hole Abbey,
the Nick-name of the chief Rendezvous of the Canting Crew of Gypsies, Cheats, Thieves, &c.
the Nick-name of the chief Rendezvous of the Canting Crew of Gypsies, Cheats, Thieves, &c.
Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Stop Hole Abbey in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).