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WIRE-Draw,

a Fetch or Trick to wheedle in Bubbles; also to screw, over-reach, or deal hard with. Wire-drawn; so served or treated.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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WINK
WINNINGS
WIPE
WIPER
WIPER-Drawer
WIRE-Draw
WISE Man of Gotham
To WIT
The WIT
WITCHER
WITCHER-Bubber

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

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