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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 A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd.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.
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DICKEY. A sham shirt.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BULLY BACK. A bully to a bawdy-house; one who is kept to oblige the frequenters of the house to submit to the impositions of the mother abbess, and who sometimes pretends to be the husband of one of the ladies, and extorts money from ignorant young men, whom he finds with her.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MYRMIDONS. The constable's assistants, watchmen, &c.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, towzle, or tumble about.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HUM CAP. Very old and strong beer, called also stingo. See STINGO.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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LURRIES. Money, watches, rings, or other moveables.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TO FRIG. Figuratively used for trifling.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CHATTER BROTH. Tea. See CAT LAP and SCANDAL BROTH.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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ClickHouse: разбираем Dictionaries
Привет, Хабр! В этой статье разберём ещё один инструмент ClickHouse, который часто используется при обогащении данных и позволяет значительно ускорить выполнение тяжелых SQL-запросов с джоинами.
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TIRING. Dressing: perhaps abbreviation of ATTIRING. Tiring women, or tire women: women that used to cut ladies hair, and dress them.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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KENT-STREET EJECTMENT. To take away the street door: a method practised by the landlords in Kent-street, Southwark, when their tenants are above a fortnight's rent in arrear.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CUSTARD CAP. The cap worn by the sword-bearer of the city of London, made hollow at the top like a custard.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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KITTLE PITCHERING. A jocular method of hobbling or bothering a troublesome teller of long stories. Kittle pitchering is often practised in confederacy, one relieving the other, by which the design is rendered less obvious.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TO HOOP. To beat. I'll well hoop his or her barrel, I'll beat him or her soundly.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MAUNDERING BROTH. Scolding.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CLEAVER. One that will cleave; used of a forward or wanton woman.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#1377 Greek Phrase Book & Dictionary. William Collins Son & Company Limited, Glasgow & London, 1990, paperback, 1st edition.
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JILT. A tricking woman, who encourages the addresses of a man whom she means to deceive and abandon.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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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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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!
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https://archive.org/details/lingen
Lingala Dictionary & Phrasebook: A Language of Central Africa. Lingala-English/English-Lingala by Aquilina Mawadza; Yeno Matuka
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#Lingala, #dictionary, #dictionaries, #bilingualdictionary, #bilingualdictionaries, #translationdictionary, #translationdictionaries, #phrasebook, #phrasebooks, #bagó, #lingɛlɛ́sa, #búku, #Congo, #Kongo, #Kongó, #KongóKinsásá, #RepublíkiyaKongóDemokratíkiLingala (a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo family) is spoken by approximately 10 million people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Angola. It originated in the Equatorial Region of the DRC, but as the official language of the Army, it became the major language of the Capital city, Kinshasa. Lingala is considered one of the national languages of the DRC.
This dictionary uses the simplified Lingala dialect, also known as Lingala facile. It is mostly a spoken language.
This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to central Africa with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics.
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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
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#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, #whitesupremacyThe major focus of this historical dictionary is on the Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, German, Belgian, and Italian empires during the past 500 years.