Garnish

.—When a poor prisoner is committed to gaol, he fares but rudely, unless he tips the turnkeys and gaoler their garnish, which is the cant word for money on these occasions. This garnish produces miraculous effects; it strikes off the heaviest irons from the leg of the Murderer; while, for want of it, the limbs of the Innocent are often loaded therewith. Garnish is a word perfectly well understood in all our courts of law, and although rather in the flash vulgar style, it is not altogether unknown in more polite and immaculate courts.

For a further illustration of this word, consult Messrs. Hastings, Loughborough, Harry Dundas, Mad. Schwellenbergen, Charlotte, &c. &c.