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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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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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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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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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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons -
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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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons