IRISH LEGS. Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick end of their legs downwards.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRISH LEGS. Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick end of their legs downwards. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

COUNTRY PUT. An ignorant country fellow.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COUNTRY PUT. An ignorant country fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CLACK. A tongue, chiefly applied to women; a simile drawn from the clack of a water-mill.

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MULLIGRUBS. Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness.

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CAULIFLOWER. A large white wig, such as is commonly worn by the dignified clergy, and was formerly by physicians. Also the private parts of a woman.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CAULIFLOWER. A large white wig, such as is commonly worn by the dignified clergy, and was formerly by physicians. Also the private parts of a woman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BLACK JACK. A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leather.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLACK JACK. A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leather. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GRANNUM'S GOLD. Hoarded money: supposed to have belonged to the grandmother of the possessor.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GRANNUM'S GOLD. Hoarded money: supposed to have belonged to the grandmother of the possessor. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

MALKIN, or MAULKIN. A general name for a cat; also a parcel of rags fastened to the end of a stick, to clean an oven; also a figure set up in a garden to scare the birds; likewise an awkward woman.

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CUSTOM-HOUSE GOODS. The stock in trade of a prostitute, because fairly entered.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CUSTOM-HOUSE GOODS. The stock in trade of a prostitute, because fairly entered. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CUNNINGHAM. A punning appellation for a simple fellow.

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SINGLETON. A corkscrew, made by a famous cutler of that name, who lived in a place called Hell, in Dublin; his screws are remarkable for their excellent temper.

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CRAMP RINGS. Bolts, shackles, or fetters. CANT.

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HOPPING GILES. A jeering appellation given to any person who limps, or is lame; St. Giles was the patron of cripples, lepers, &c. Churches dedicated to that saint commonly stand out of town, many of them having been chapels to hospitals.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOPPING GILES. A jeering appellation given to any person who limps, or is lame; St. Giles was the patron of cripples, lepers, &c. Churches dedicated to that saint commonly stand out of town, many of them having been chapels to hospitals. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GREAT JOSEPH. A surtout. CANT.

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COMB. To comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or scold any one: a woman who lectures her husband, is said to comb his head. She combed his head with a joint stool; she threw a stool at him.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COMB. To comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or scold any one: a woman who lectures her husband, is said to comb his head. She combed his head with a joint stool; she threw a stool at him. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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LOLLPOOP. A lazy, idle drone.

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BEARINGS. I'll bring him to his bearings; I'll bring him to reason. Sea term.

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LOCK UP HOUSE. A spunging house; a public house kept by sheriff's officers, to which they convey the persons they have arrested, where they practise every species of imposition and extortion with impunity.

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TO WHIDDLE. To tell or discover. He whiddles; he peaches. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers all he knows. They whiddle beef, and we must brush; they cry out thieves, and we must make off. Cant.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO WHIDDLE. To tell or discover. He whiddles; he peaches. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers all he knows. They whiddle beef, and we must brush; they cry out thieves, and we must make off. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BUCK'S FACE. A cuckold.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUCK'S FACE. A cuckold. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GOOD MAN. A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley in the Hole, a great boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator; at an alehouse or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOOD MAN. A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley in the Hole, a great boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator; at an alehouse or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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ROUND ABOUT. An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round piece about five inches in diameter out of a shutter or door.

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TO TWIG. To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, snap asunder, or break off. To twig the darbies; to knock off the irons.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO TWIG. To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, snap asunder, or break off. To twig the darbies; to knock off the irons. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DOUBLE JUGG. A man's backside. Cotton's Virgil.

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LUMBER TROOP. A club or society of citizens of London.

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MADAM RAN. A whore. CANT.

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TACKLE. A mistress; also good clothes. The cull has tipt his tackle rum gigging; the fellow has given his mistress good clothes. A man's tackle: the genitals.

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MOTHER, or THE MOTHER. A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small piece, mothers in law being supposed not apt to overload the stomachs of their husband's children.

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NONE-SUCH. One that is unequalled: frequently applied ironically.

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BUMMED. Arrested.

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LULLY TRIGGERS. Thieves who steal wet linen. Cant.

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