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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

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

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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

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

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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

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

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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

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

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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

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

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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.

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

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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.

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

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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.

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

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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.

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

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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.

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

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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.

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

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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.

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

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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.

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

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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.

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

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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.

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

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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.

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

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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.

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

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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.

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

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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.

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

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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.

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

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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.

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

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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.

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

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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.

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

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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.

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

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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.

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

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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.

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

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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.

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

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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.

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

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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.

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

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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.

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

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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.

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

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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.

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

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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.

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

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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.

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

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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.

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

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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.

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

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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.

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

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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.

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

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JOLLY DOG. A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to bed.

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

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JOLLY DOG. A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to bed.

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

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JOLLY DOG. A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to bed.

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

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JOLLY DOG. A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to bed.

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

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JOLLY DOG. A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to bed.

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

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CRUSTY BEAU. One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion.

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

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CRUSTY BEAU. One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion.

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

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CRUSTY BEAU. One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion.

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

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CRUSTY BEAU. One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion.

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

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CRUSTY BEAU. One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion.

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

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CHUMMAGE. Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room.

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

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CHUMMAGE. Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room.

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

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CHUMMAGE. Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room.

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

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CHUMMAGE. Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room.

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

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CHUMMAGE. Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. A prisoner who can pay for being alone, chuses two poor chums, who for a stipulated price, called chummage, give up their share of the room.

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

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DEAD MEN. A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also empty bottles.

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

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DEAD MEN. A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also empty bottles.

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

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