subs. (old cant).—The tongue (B. E. and GROSE): ‘especially the tongue of a magsman’ (HOTTEN).
TO STAND ON VELVET, verb. phr. (racing).—To arrange one’s bets so that loss is impossible.
1896. FARJEON, The Betrayal of John Fordham, III. 289. I’d won a matter of five thousand quid. ‘Now I’m on welvet,’ said I, grinnin’ and rubbin’ my ’ands. ‘Fortune o’ war,’ sed Maxwell.
TO PLAY ON VELVET, verb. phr. (gaming).—To gamble with winnings.
TO TIP THE VELVET, verb. phr. (venery).—To tongue a woman (B. E. and GROSE).
