subs. (colloquial).—1. A she-ass.
2. (thieves’).—A small crowbar; formerly BETTY or BESS (q.v.): also a hook on the end of a stick.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. JENNY, an instrument to lift up a grate, and whip anything out of a shop window.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
3. (billiards’).—A losing hazard into the middle pocket off a ball an inch or two from the side cushion.
4. (popular).—A hot water bottle.
