(slang, obsolete) A thief, forger or other criminal.
is a house in Cherry street, not far from Catherine Market . A little to the north of its door stands an old-time tree; and for many a year it has been known to the “crossmen” and “knucks” of the town as “Jack Circle's watering place” an…
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