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CUT,

Drunk. Deep Cut, very Drunk. Cut in the Leg or Back, the same. To Cut, also signifies to speak. To Cut bene, to speak gently, civilly or kindly; To Cut bene (or benar) Whidds, to give good Words. To Cut queere Whid's, to give ill Language. A Blow with a Stick or Cane, is also called a Cut. As, I took him a Cut cross the Shoulders.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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CURSITORS
CURTAILS
CURTAIL'D
CURTAIN-Lecture
CURTEZAN
CUT

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Cut in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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