KICKS. Breeches. A high kick; the top of the fashion. It
is all the kick; it is the present mode. Tip us your kicks,
we'll have them as well as your lour; pull off your breeches,
for we must have them as well as your money. A kick;
sixpence. Two and a kick; half-a-crown. A kick in the
guts; a dram of gin, or any other spirituous liquor. A
kick up; a disturbance, also a hop or dance. An odd kick
in one's gallop; a strange whim or peculiarity.

To KICK THE BUCKET. To die. He kicked the bucket
one day: he died one day. To kick the clouds before the
hotel door; i.e. to be hanged.