To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the tea-table, performing a female part: bitch there standing for woman, species for genius.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
bitch * bitch boobyNathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
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