BULK,
an Assistant to a File or Pick-Pocket, who jostles a Person up against the Wall, while the other picks his Pocket.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).