mawley

But when the news came that Low had caved in the head of a tubular boiler with one stroke of his powerful "mawley" (which term is in strict accordance with the language of the ring) the tide of opinion changed again.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Various 1887

Take 'em off for a bit of a second and you'll have his mawley well on your nose at once.

Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Lewis Hough

Staggering under the weight of his vituperation, they fall easy victims to what he would call his "dexter mawley."

Urban Sketches Bret Harte 1869

~152~~The feeble old scout shook his dripping wardrobe, d---- d the water and the boosy kid that wallof'd him into it, but without appearing to know which was him; till Bob stepped up, and passing some silver into his mawley, told him he hoped he was not hurt.

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821) John Badcock 1823

1 Tip us your Flipper -- your mawley -- your daddle, or your thieving hook; are terms made use of as occasions may suit the company in which they are introduced, to signify a desire to shake hands.

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821) John Badcock 1823