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English
Noun
badge-cove (plural badge-coves)
- (archaic, thieves' cant) A parish pensioner.
- (obsolete) A licensed (badged) beggar.
- (Polari) An old person; a senior citizen.
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References
- Grose [et al.] (1811) “Badge-cove”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. , London: C. Chappell, , →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Badge coves”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 63.