or bloke, subs. phr. (costers’).—An ‘artful member,’ otherwise a DOWNY COVE (q.v., for synonyms).
c. 1869. VANCE, Broadside Ballad.
| I’m a CHICKALEARY COVE, with my one, two, three; | |
| Whitechapel was the village I was born in. |
or bloke, subs. phr. (costers’).—An ‘artful member,’ otherwise a DOWNY COVE (q.v., for synonyms).
c. 1869. VANCE, Broadside Ballad.
| I’m a CHICKALEARY COVE, with my one, two, three; | |
| Whitechapel was the village I was born in. |
