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CANT. To cant; to toss or throw: as, Cant a slug into your bread room; drink a dram. SEA WIT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CANT. To cant; to toss or throw: as, Cant a slug into your bread room; drink a dram. SEA WIT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CANT. To cant; to toss or throw: as, Cant a slug into your bread room; drink a dram. SEA WIT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CANT. To cant; to toss or throw: as, Cant a slug into your bread room; drink a dram. SEA WIT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FULHAMS. Loaded dice are called high and lowmen, or high and low fulhams, by Ben Jonson and other writers of his time; either because they were made at Fulham, or from that place being the resort of sharpers.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NECK STAMPER. The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOOSE. A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated: hence it is a jocular saying, that a taylor, be he ever so poor, is always sure to have a goose at his fire.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GIFT OF THE GAB. A facility of speech.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-house. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CAKE, or CAKEY. A foolish fellow.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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