Ferret

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

A tradesman who sells goods to young unthrift heirs, at exce ive rates, and then continually duns them for the debt. To ferret; to search out or expel any one from his hiding-place, as a ferret drives out rabbits; also to cheat. Ferret-eyed; red-eyed: ferrets have red eyes.