The ace of hearts, knave of clubs, ace and duce of trumps, at whist: also the lubberly seamen, put to swab, and clean the ship.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Sutrer * SwadNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes