Dictionary of Thieving Slang, 1737
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AMU'SERS
AMU'SERS, who were wont to have their Pockets filled with Dust, which they would throw into the Eyes of People they had a mind to rob, and so run away, while their Comerade, who followed them, under the Notion of pitying the half blinded Person, laid his Hand on whatever came next.
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