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BIT,

Robbed, Cheated or Out-Witted. Also Drunk, as He has bit his Grannum; He is very Drunk. Bit the Blow, performed the Theft, played the Cheat, You have bit a great Blow; You have robbed somebody of or to a considerable Value.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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BINGO-BOY
BINGO-CLUB
BINGO-MORT
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
BIRD-WITTED
BIT
BITE
BLACK and WHITE
BLAB
BLACK-BOX
BLACK-COAT

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Bit in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).