KID

A Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue · 1811 · p. 3

A little dapper fellow. A child. The blowen has napped the kid. The girl is with child. **TO KID** To coax or wheedle. To inveigle. To amuse a man or divert his attention while another robs him. The sneaks man kidded the cove of the ken, while his pall frisked the panney; the thief amused the master of the house, while his companion robbed the house.