Jeremy Diddler.

An adept at raising money on false pretences. From Kenny’s farce called Raising the Wind.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Jenkinson (Ephraim)
Jennet
Jenny
Jenny lOuvrière
Jenny Wren
Jeofail, i.e. Jai failli (Lapsus sum; I have failed)
Jeopardy
Jereed
Jeremiad
Jeremiah
Jeremy Diddler
Jeremy Twitcher
Jericho
Jerked [beef]
Jerkin
Jeroboam of Rum or Claret (A)
Jerome (St.)
Jeronimo
Jerry-built
Jerry-shop, or a Tom and Jerry Shop
Jerry Sneak