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CROAKER. One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune: an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.

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

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TO DRAW. To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.

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

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TO WELL. To divide unfairly. To conceal part. A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.

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

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WELCH RABBIT, Bread and cheese toasted. The Welch are said to be so fond of cheese, that in cases of difficulty their midwives apply a piece of toasted cheese to the janua vita to attract and entice the young Taffy.

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

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HURDY GURDY. A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd. See HUMSTRUM.

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

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HOP MERCHANT. A dancing master. See CAPER MERCHANT.

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

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Traveling Dictionary by Ella Morton, 2026

A clever pocket-sized dictionary that celebrates travel with hilarious definitions and witty illustrations of terms that globetrotters know and love.

#books
#nonfiction
#dictionaries
#travel
#humour

The Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 words this year, including slang terms like skibidi and delulu. @AssociatedPress talked to Colin McIntosh, lexical program manager, about how his team decides what makes the cut. At the second link, find a quiz to see how well you know Gen Alpha slang.

https://flip.it/zNL3QR
https://flip.it/.VCJTl

#Language #Lexicography #Dictionaries #Words #Slang #GenAlpha #CambridgeDictionary #Skibidi

Peter Gilliver, who I had the brief pleasure of working with for about a year at the #OED, has set up this site for his writings about the history of the #OxfordEnglishDictionary and the people, who helped create it. Worth a read!

https://themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/

#Lexicography #PeterGilliver #Dictionaries #JamesMurray

https://archive.org/details/diksyone-medikal

English / Haitian Creole Medical Dictionary = Diksyonè Medikal Anglè Kreyòl by Maude Heurtelou; Féquière Vilsaint; Ernst Mirville; Michel-Ange Hyppolite; John D. Nickrosz

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#dictionary, #dictionaries, #diksyonè, #medicaldictionaries, #anglè, #anatomi, #pedyatri, #kadyoloji, #jinekoloji, #medikaman, #òtopedi, #newoloji, #obstetrik, #respirasyon, #reyaksyonyo, #dèmatoloji, #chiriji, #dyèt, #nitrisyon, #medsin, #sik, #san, #HaitianCreole, #KreyòlAyisyen, #kreyòl

9781584320722 / 1584320729

https://archive.org/details/europeanimperialism

Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism by James S. Olson; Robert Shadle; Ross Marlay; William G. Ratliff; Joseph M. Rowe, Jr.; Judith E. Olson; J. Larry Murdock

Topics
#imperialism, #europe, #history, #colonialism, #dictionaries, #historicaldictionaries, #spanishempire, #spanishimperialism, #spanishcolonialism, #portugueseempire, #portugueseimperialism, #portuguesecolonialism, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #britishimperialism, #britishcolonialism, #britishempire, #dutchempire, #dutchimperialism, #dutchcolonialism, #frenchempire, #frenchimperialism, #frenchcolonialism, #germanempire, #germanimperialism, #germancolonialism, #belgianempire, #belgianimperialism, #belgiancolonialism, #italianempire, #italianimperialism, #italiancolonialism, #genocide, #spain, #portugal, #britain, #greatbritain, #unitedkingdom, #españa, #thenetherlands, #netherlands, #nederland, #holland, #france, #germany, #deutschland, #belgium, #belgië, #belgique, #belgien, #italy, #italia, #empire, #empires, #whitesupremacy

The major focus of this historical dictionary is on the Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, German, Belgian, and Italian empires during the past 500 years.