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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 A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd.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

DICKEY. A sham shirt.

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

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DICKEY. A sham shirt.

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

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DICKEY. A sham shirt.

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

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DICKEY. A sham shirt.

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

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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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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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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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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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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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MYRMIDONS. The constable's assistants, watchmen, &c.

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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MYRMIDONS. The constable's assistants, watchmen, &c.

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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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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https://archive.org/details/kreyol-science

English Haitian-Creole Science Dictionary by Educa Vision

Topics
#HaitianCreole, #KreyòlAyisyen, #kreyòl, #syans, #fizik, #chimi, #matematik, #sikoloji, #syanslatè, #medsin, #jeyografi, #dictionary, #dictionaries, #diksyonè, #diksyonnè

"Created to help make science concepts accessible to students.
Contains charts, tables, illustrations and formulae with key words in Biology, Earth Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and more."

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.