subs. phr. (common).—1. A stout cudgel. 2. (old) = a constable or beadle. 3. (old) = a vagabond: a term of reproach.
1865. E. WAUGH, The Barrel Organ, 29. Owd Pudge, th’ BANG-BEGGAR, coom runnin’ into th’ pew.
