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third-person singular simple present namouses, present participle namousing, simple past and past participle namoused
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To run away; to leave; to depart.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Look out! Beware! quotations
One boy (of the party) is always on the look out, and even if a stranger should advance, the cry is given of "Namous" or "Kool Eslop." Instantly the money is whipped-up and pocketed, and the boys stand chattering and laughing together.
1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17