> of course Stephen - I was being unfair anyway - the dictionary translates:
>
> blowen
>
> A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp.
>
> The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee
> and thimble;
>
> the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket
> book and watch.
Of course, jaded me, thought 'thimble' and 'dummee' were part of the
gentleman's brothel equipment, so to speak. Oy, did I have that wrong.
Stephen V
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