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- n. One who picks quarrels; one who is quarrelsome.
- n. A glazier: with punning allusion to quarrel, n., 3 .
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British Cant & Slang, Old & New
Mostly, the cant words come from my reprint of Francis Grose's 1785 dictionary of 'The Vulgar Tongue', while the more modern slang has been found at various online sources, e.g. this online diction...
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bilby "A glazier; from the small squares in casements, called carreaux, vulgarly quarrels."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'. Sep 12, 2008