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JORDAIN,

a great Blow or Staff; also a Chamber-Pot. I'll tip him a Jordain, if I transnear; I will give him a Blow with my Staff, if I get up to him.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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INCHING-In
INLAYED
JOBE
JOCK
JUCKUM-Gage
JORDAIN
JOSEPH
IRISH-Toyles
IRON-Doublet
ITCH-Land
JUKRUM

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Jordain in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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