Hawcubiten.
/ˈhɔːkəbʌɪt/ One of a band of dissolute young men who infested the streets of London in the beginning of the 18th century; a street-bully, a ruffian.
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1712 J. Gay Argument proving Mohocks & Hawkubites Gog & Magog 2/1 I am the porter, that was barbarously slain in Fleet-street, by the Mohocks and Hawkubites [1727 Hawcubites] was I slain.
1880 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions Hawcabite.
1882 Athenæum 25 Nov. 693/1 Pounce in the ‘Tender Husband’..having a wholesome distrust at his return of possible Mohocks and Hawkubites.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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