subs. (strolling players’).—See quot. and BEWARE.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, III. 201. [Ethiopian serenader loq.] ‘We could then, after our ‘mungare’ and ‘BUVARE’ (that’s what we call eat and drink, and I think it’s broken Italian), carry home our 5s. or 6s. each, easy.’
1876. C. HINDLEY, ed. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, 101. William Carrol was his partner, or ‘BUTTY,’ in the ‘lollipop’ business—a dismal looking man, who had always a burnt short clay pipe in his mouth.
