CHARACTERED,
Burnt in the Hand; as, They have pawn'd the Character upon him; i.e. They have burnt the Rogue in the Hand.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Charactered in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).