or had ’em.—See quots.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew. The Spark has been at HADDUMS. He is Clapt, or Poxt.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. He has been at HAD’EM, and come home by Clapham; said of one who has caught the venereal disease.
