LITTLE CLERGYMAN. A young chimney-sweeper.

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JACK IN AN OFFICE, An insolent fellow in authority.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JACK IN AN OFFICE, An insolent fellow in authority. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

AQUA PUMPAGINIS. Pump water. APOTHECARIES LATIN.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AQUA PUMPAGINIS. Pump water. APOTHECARIES LATIN. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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PICKT HATCH. To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy houses in Shakespeare's time, and used by him in that sense.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PICKT HATCH. To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy houses in Shakespeare's time, and used by him in that sense. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

JOB. A guinea.

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

BANKS'S HORSE. A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist. of the World, p. 178; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BANKS'S HORSE. A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist. of the World, p. 178; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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KID LAY. Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed to their charge, by prevailing on them to execute some trifling message, pretending to take care of their parcels till they come back.

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ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY. Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second a person who made use of the doxy of another man.

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BIT. Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica, equal to about sixpence sterling.

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FRESH MILK. Cambridge new comers to the university.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FRESH MILK. Cambridge new comers to the university. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

VARMENT. (Whip and Cambridge.) Natty, dashing. He is quite varment, he is quite the go. He sports a varment hat, coat, &c.; he is dressed like a gentleman Jehu.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): VARMENT. (Whip and Cambridge.) Natty, dashing. He is quite varment, he is quite the go. He sports a varment hat, coat, &c.; he is dressed like a gentleman Jehu. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

UPPER STORY, or GARRET. Figuratively used to signify the head. His upper story or garrets are unfurnished; i.e. he is an empty or foolish fellow.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): UPPER STORY, or GARRET. Figuratively used to signify the head. His upper story or garrets are unfurnished; i.e. he is an empty or foolish fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

HUCKLE MY BUFF. Beer, egg, and brandy, made hot.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HUCKLE MY BUFF. Beer, egg, and brandy, made hot. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DUKE, or RUM DUKE. A queer unaccountable fellow.

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NUB. The neck; also coition.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NUB. The neck; also coition. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GOLLUMPUS. A large, clumsy fellow.

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

FORK. A pickpocket. Let us fork him; let us pick his pocket. 'The newest and most dexterous way, which is, to thrust the fingers strait, stiff, open, and very quick, into the pocket, and so closing them, hook what can be held between them.'

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FORK. A pickpocket. Let us fork him; let us pick his pocket. 'The newest and most dexterous way, which is, to thrust the fingers strait, stiff, open, and very quick, into the pocket, and so closing them, hook what can be held between them.' A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DOWDY. A coarse, vulgar-looking woman.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOWDY. A coarse, vulgar-looking woman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TO HOP THE TWIG. To run away. CANT.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO HOP THE TWIG. To run away. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GROUND SWEAT. A grave.

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

HOCKING, or HOUGHING. A piece of cruelty practised by the butchers of Dublin, on soldiers, by cutting the tendon of Achilles; this has been by law made felony.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOCKING, or HOUGHING. A piece of cruelty practised by the butchers of Dublin, on soldiers, by cutting the tendon of Achilles; this has been by law made felony. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NICKNACKS. Toys, baubles, or curiosities.

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BRISTOL MAN. The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BRISTOL MAN. The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TWISS. (IRISH) A Jordan, or pot de chambre. A Mr. Richard Twiss having in his "Travels" given a very unfavourable description of the Irish character, the inhabitants of Dublin, byway of revenge, thought proper to christen this utensil by his name.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TWISS. (IRISH) A Jordan, or pot de chambre. A Mr. Richard Twiss having in his "Travels" given a very unfavourable description of the Irish character, the inhabitants of Dublin, byway of revenge, thought proper to christen this utensil by his name. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

FART CATCHER. A valet or footman from his walking behind his master or mistress.

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GAMON. To humbug. To deceive, To tell lies. What rum gamon the old file pitched to the flat; how finely the knowing old fellow humbugged the fool.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GAMON. To humbug. To deceive, To tell lies. What rum gamon the old file pitched to the flat; how finely the knowing old fellow humbugged the fool. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BITCH. A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may he gathered from the regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answer--"I may be a whore, but can't be a bitch."

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BITCH. A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may he gathered from the regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answer--"I may be a whore, but can't be a bitch." A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CALIBOGUS. Rum and spruce beer, American beverage.

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LAYSTALL. A dunghill about London, on which the soil brought from necessary houses is emptied; or, in more technical terms, where the old gold collected at weddings by the Tom t--d man, is stored.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): LAYSTALL. A dunghill about London, on which the soil brought from necessary houses is emptied; or, in more technical terms, where the old gold collected at weddings by the Tom t--d man, is stored. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BAWDY BASKET. The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing. Cant.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BAWDY BASKET. The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

MAULED. Extremely drunk, or soundly beaten.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MAULED. Extremely drunk, or soundly beaten. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GOLOSHES, i.e. Goliah's shoes. Large leathern clogs, worn by invalids over their ordinary shoes.

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TO BOUNCE. To brag or hector; also to tell an improbable story. To bully a man out of any thing. The kiddey bounced the swell of the blowen; the lad bullied the gentleman out of the girl.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO BOUNCE. To brag or hector; also to tell an improbable story. To bully a man out of any thing. The kiddey bounced the swell of the blowen; the lad bullied the gentleman out of the girl. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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LINE OF THE OLD AUTHOR. A dram of brandy.

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CUNNY-THUMBED. To double one's fist with the thumb inwards, like a woman.

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CAGG. To cagg; a military term used by the private soldiers, signifying a solemn vow or resolution not to get drunk for a certain time; or, as the term is, till their cagg is out: which vow is commonly observed with the strictest exactness.

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MOVEABLES. Rings, watches, or any toys of value.

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