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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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 A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd.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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  6. HOP MERCHANT. A dancing master. See CAPER MERCHANT.

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

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  7. 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

  8. 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.

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

  9. 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!

    themakersoftheoed.wordpress.co

    #Lexicography #PeterGilliver #Dictionaries #JamesMurray