- WHITECHAPEL
- Whitechapel portion; two smocks, and
what nature gave. Whitechapel breed; fat, ragged, and
saucy: see ST. GILES'S BREED. Whitechapel beau;
one who dresses with a needle and thread, and undresses
with a knife. To play at whist Whitechapel fashion;
i.e. aces and kings first.
The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.