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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 A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd.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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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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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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JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, towzle, or tumble about.
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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JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, towzle, or tumble about.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons -
JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, towzle, or tumble about.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons -
JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, towzle, or tumble about.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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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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