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BITE,

a Rogue, Sharper or Cheat; also a Woman's Privities, as The Cull wapt the Morts Bite; i.e. The Fellow enjoyed the Woman briskly. Bite the Biter, rob the Rogue, sharp the Sharper, or Cheat the Cheater. Bite the Cully, put the Cheat on a silly Fellow. Bite the Roger, steal the Portmanteau. Bite the Wiper, steal the Handkerchief. He will not Bite or swallow the Bait; He wont be drawn in. To Bite on the Bit; To be pinched or reduced to hard Meat; a scanty or sorry sort of Living.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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

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Bite in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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