subs. (old).—See quots.
1684. R. HEAD, Proteus Redivivus, 238. At door is received by some half-a-dozen JANIZARIES more, of the same brotherhood.
1691–2. Gentlemen’s Journal, March, p. 13. The aunt spied them in deep consult with all their JANIZARIES.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. JANIZARIES … also the Mob sometimes so called, and Bailives, Sergeants, Followers, Yeomen, Setters, and any lewd gang depending upon others.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v. JANIZARIES. A mob of pickpockets.
1895. H. B. MARRIOTT-WATSON, The Lady’s Chamber, in The New Review, lxxii., 489. And was out and away upon the turnpike to Uxbridge, ere ever a JANNIZARY was in sight.
