subs. phr. (old).—A highwayman: Fr. garçon de campagne; grinche de cambrouse; cf. SNAFFLING-LAY.
1754. FIELDING, Jonathan Wild, I., v. A booty of £10 looks as great in the eye of a BRIDLE-CULL, and gives as much real happiness to his fancy, as that of as many thousands to the statesman.
