A diminutive man or woman: from Gulliver’s Travels, written by Dean Swift, where an imaginary kingdom of dwarfs of that name is described.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Likeness * Lily WhiteNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes