Dictionary of Thieving Slang, 1737

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SUCK

SUCK, Wine or strong Drink. This is rum Suck; It is excellent Tipple. We'll go and Suck our Faces; but if they toute us, we'll take Rattle, and brush; Let's go to drink and be merry; but if we be smelt by the People of the House, we must scowre off. He loves to Suck his Face; He delights in Drinking.

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