Wow, love that list. And it does seem that a larger that chance percentage refer to some type of cheat or lowlife. Maybe it at some period this was a type of slang used by or about that group, some words of which survive to this day.

BTW, it really was at 3:00 am that I realized that the noun was an object, not subject, and then I felt really embarrassed. Thanks for not jumping around and pointiing it out. You folks are really postkinds.