badge-cove
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
badge-cove (plural badge-coves)
- (archaic, thieves' cant) A parish pensioner. [18th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) A licensed (badged) beggar. [16th–18th c.]
- (Polari) An old person; a senior citizen.
Synonyms[edit]
- (old person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
References[edit]
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Badge-cove”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Badge coves”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 63.