A CORNER is when the bears can not buy or borrow the stock to deliver in fulfillment of their contracts.
A DEPOSIT is earnest-money, lodged in the hands of a third party, as a guaranty; "5 up," "10 up," etc., is the language expressive of a deposit.
OVERLOADED is when the bulls can not pay for the stocks they have purchased.
SHORT is when a person or party sells stocks when they have none, and expect to buy or borrow them in time to deliver.
LONG is when a person or party has a plentiful supply of stocks.
A FLYER is to buy some stock with a view to selling it in a few days, and either make or lose, as luck will have it.
A WASH is a pretended sale, by special agreement between the seller and buyer, for the purpose of getting a quotation reported.
Oh! where will be the culls of the bing A hundred stretches hence? The bene morts, who sweetly sing, A hundred stretches hence? The autum-cacklers, autum-coves, The jolly blade who wildly roves; And where the buffer, bruiser, blowen, And all the cops and beaks so knowin', A hundred stretches hence?
And where the swag, so bleakly pinched, A hundred stretches hence? The thimbles, slang, and danglers filched, A hundred stretches hence? The chips, the fawneys, chatty-feeders, The bugs, the boungs, and well-filled readers; And where the fence and snoozing-ken, With all the prigs and lushing men, A hundred stretches hence?
Played out their lay, it will be said A hundred stretches hence, With shovels they were put to bed A hundred stretches since! Some rubbed to whit had napped a winder, And some were scragged and took a blinder, Planted the swag, and lost to sight, We'll bid them, one and all, good night, A hundred stretches hence.
A GENERAL. Possessed of superior science.
BACK-HANDED BLOW. Striking with the back of the clenched fist.
BEAM-ENDS. Thrown or knocked into a sitting position.
BOUNCED. Frightened with stories of another's prowess.
CHANCERY. When one boxer gets the head of his opponent under his left arm, and holding him by the left wrist, strikes him in the face with his right hand, severely punishing him.
COLORS. The respective handkerchiefs that each fights under.
COMMISSARY. The person who fixes the ropes and stakes.
CORINTHIAN CANVAS. A term applied to the _propria personæ_ of an English nobleman who is an amateur of pugilism.