subs. (old).—A fool. For synonyms, see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v. JACK ADAMS, a fool. JACK ADAMS’ Parish, Clerkenwell.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
1883. W. C. RUSSELL, Sailors’ Language, s.v.
