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GLIM,

a Dark-Lanthorn used in robbing Houses; also to burn in the Hand as if the Cull was Glimmed, he'll gang to the Nub; i.e. if the Fellow has been burnt in the Hand, he'll be hanged now.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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To GLAVER
GLAZE
GLAZIER
GLAZIERS
GLIB
GLIM
GLIMFENDERS
GLIMFLASHY
GLIMJACK
GLIMMER
GLIMMERER

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Glim in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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