Dictionary of Thieving Slang, 1737

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BADGE

BADGE, is used in a Canting Sense, for Burning in the Hand or Cheek (as it used to be) as he has got his Badge and piked away; He has been burned in the Hand, &c. and is just set at Liberty.

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