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PLUCK. Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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PLUCK. Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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PLUCK. Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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PLUCK. Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DERRICK. The name of the finisher of the law, or hangman about the year 1608.--'For he rides his circuit with the Devil, and Derrick must be his host, and Tiburne the inne at which he will lighte.'

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DERRICK. The name of the finisher of the law, or hangman about the year 1608.--'For he rides his circuit with the Devil, and Derrick must be his host, and Tiburne the inne at which he will lighte.'

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DERRICK. The name of the finisher of the law, or hangman about the year 1608.--'For he rides his circuit with the Devil, and Derrick must be his host, and Tiburne the inne at which he will lighte.'

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DERRICK. The name of the finisher of the law, or hangman about the year 1608.--'For he rides his circuit with the Devil, and Derrick must be his host, and Tiburne the inne at which he will lighte.'

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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"Ambiguate" is a pet word of mine, a rare verb that I'd love to see in more common use.

I updated my post on it after hearing it in the wild (🥳) on the Weird Studies podcast, where J.F. Martel says Kubrick's The Shining "ambiguates everything":
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2021/08/22/the-strange-absence-of-ambiguate/

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COW'S THUMB. Done to a cow's thumb; done exactly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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COW'S THUMB. Done to a cow's thumb; done exactly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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COW'S THUMB. Done to a cow's thumb; done exactly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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COW'S THUMB. Done to a cow's thumb; done exactly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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COW'S THUMB. Done to a cow's thumb; done exactly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DOWN HILLS. Dice that run low.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DOWN HILLS. Dice that run low.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DOWN HILLS. Dice that run low.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DOWN HILLS. Dice that run low.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DOWN HILLS. Dice that run low.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HISTORY OF THE FOUR KINGS, or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS. A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assiduously; he plays much at cards.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HISTORY OF THE FOUR KINGS, or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS. A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assiduously; he plays much at cards.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HISTORY OF THE FOUR KINGS, or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS. A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assiduously; he plays much at cards.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HISTORY OF THE FOUR KINGS, or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS. A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assiduously; he plays much at cards.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FETCH. A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FETCH. A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FETCH. A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FETCH. A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FETCH. A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO COUCH A HOGSHEAD. To lie down to sleep. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO COUCH A HOGSHEAD. To lie down to sleep. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO COUCH A HOGSHEAD. To lie down to sleep. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO COUCH A HOGSHEAD. To lie down to sleep. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO COUCH A HOGSHEAD. To lie down to sleep. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HIKE. To hike off; to run away. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HIKE. To hike off; to run away. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HIKE. To hike off; to run away. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HIKE. To hike off; to run away. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HIKE. To hike off; to run away. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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EARNEST. A deposit in part of payment, to bind a bargain.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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EARNEST. A deposit in part of payment, to bind a bargain.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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EARNEST. A deposit in part of payment, to bind a bargain.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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EARNEST. A deposit in part of payment, to bind a bargain.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FLAG. A groat. CANT.--The flag of defiance, or bloody flag is out; signifying the man is drunk, and alluding to the redness of his face. SEA PHRASE.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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MEDLAR. A fruit, vulgarly called an open arse; of which it is more truly than delicately said, that it is never ripe till it is as rotten as a t--d, and then it is not worth a f--t.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FRENCHIFIED. Infected with the venereal disease. The mort is Frenchified: the wench is infected.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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