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  1. PEERY. Inquisitive, suspicious. The cull's peery; that fellow suspects something. There's a peery, tis snitch we are observed, there's nothing to be done.

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

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

  2. MALMSEY NOSE. A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.

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

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

  3. MALMSEY NOSE. A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.

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

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

  4. MALMSEY NOSE. A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.

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

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

  5. MALMSEY NOSE. A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.

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

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

  6. MALMSEY NOSE. A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.

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

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

  7. BELCH. All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

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

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

  8. BELCH. All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

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

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

  9. BELCH. All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

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

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

  10. BELCH. All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

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

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

  11. BELCH. All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

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

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

  12. University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/university-of-central-florida-ucf-researchers-receive-neh-grant-to-preserve-noah-websters-dictionaries-online/
  13. University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/university-of-central-florida-ucf-researchers-receive-neh-grant-to-preserve-noah-websters-dictionaries-online/
  14. University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/university-of-central-florida-ucf-researchers-receive-neh-grant-to-preserve-noah-websters-dictionaries-online/
  15. University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/university-of-central-florida-ucf-researchers-receive-neh-grant-to-preserve-noah-websters-dictionaries-online/
  16. University of Central Florida: UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online. “Researchers in UCF’s Department of English and Center for Humanities and Digital Research (CHDR) are slated to receive nearly $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create searchable digital editions of Webster’s historic dictionaries, giving […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/university-of-central-florida-ucf-researchers-receive-neh-grant-to-preserve-noah-websters-dictionaries-online/
  17. LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling 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

  18. LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

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

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

  19. LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

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

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

  20. LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

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

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

  21. LIGHT TROOPS. Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.

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

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

  22. CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

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

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

  23. CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

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

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

  24. CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

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

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

  25. CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

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

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

  26. CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break his head.

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

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

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