verb. (old cant).—1. To trick; to cheat; to cozen. Also (2), to beat; to bully.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. KIMBAW. Let’s KIMBOW the Cull, Let’s beat that Fellow and get his money.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1839. W. H. AINSWORTH, Jack Sheppard, p. 23 [ed. 1840]. ‘Ay! ay!’ cried several of the bystanders, ‘let Jonathan KIMBAW the cove. He’s got the gift of the gab.’
