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[?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench.

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

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@histodons

Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

    TOAD. Toad in a hole; meat baked or boiled in pye-crust. He or she sits like a toad on a chopping-block; a saying of any who sits ill on horseback. As much need of it as a toad of a side-pocket; said of a person who desires any thing for which he has no real occasion.

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

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    @histodons

    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TOAD. Toad in a hole; meat baked or boiled in pye-crust. He or she sits like a toad on a chopping-block; a saying of any who sits ill on horseback. As much need of it as a toad of a side-pocket; said of a person who desires any thing for which he has no real occasion. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TOAD. Toad in a hole; meat baked or boiled in pye-crust. He or she sits like a toad on a chopping-block; a saying of any who sits ill on horseback. As much need of it as a toad of a side-pocket; said of a person who desires any thing for which he has no real occasion. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
      @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

      Events for the 30th of November from Wikipedia:

      • 1967: Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_
      • Birth (1625) of Jean Domat, French scholar and jurist (d. 1696) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dom
      • Holiday: Regina Mundi Day (South Africa) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_M
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        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
        @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

        PUMP. A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pump is good, but your sucker is dry; said by one to a person who is attempting to pump him.

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

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        @histodons

        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PUMP. A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pump is good, but your sucker is dry; said by one to a person who is attempting to pump him. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PUMP. A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pump is good, but your sucker is dry; said by one to a person who is attempting to pump him. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

          CROOK YOUR ELBOW. To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--according to the casuists of Bow-street and St. Giles's, adds great weight and efficacy to an oath.

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

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          @histodons

          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CROOK YOUR ELBOW. To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--according to the casuists of Bow-street and St. Giles's, adds great weight and efficacy to an oath. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CROOK YOUR ELBOW. To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--according to the casuists of Bow-street and St. Giles's, adds great weight and efficacy to an oath. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
            @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

            Events for the 29th of November from Wikipedia:

            • 1963: "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_t
            • Birth (1930) of Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir
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              [?]Obsidian Urbex Photography » 🌐
              @ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social

              🛸Beam me up, Scotty 🖖. Inside an abandoned industrial relic, somewhere in Italy.

              This disused 1940s gasometer is a 50 metre tall structure, truly cavernous inside!

              The gasometer worked alongside a nearby gasworks, which was built in the 1930s. It stored gas produced from coal and helped regulate supply for the town’s gas lighting network. As electric lighting replaced gas lighting, it was abandoned.

              inside a huge cylinder, light coming in top. a long zig zag ladder reaches up

              Alt...inside a huge cylinder, light coming in top. a long zig zag ladder reaches up

                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                CHITTERLINS. The bowels. There is a rumpus among my bowels, i.e. I have the colic. The frill of a shirt.

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

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                @histodons

                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHITTERLINS. The bowels. There is a rumpus among my bowels, i.e. I have the colic. The frill of a shirt. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHITTERLINS. The bowels. There is a rumpus among my bowels, i.e. I have the colic. The frill of a shirt. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                  FREEZE. A thin, small, hard cider, much used by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain. A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine.

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

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                  @histodons

                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FREEZE. A thin, small, hard cider, much used by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain. A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FREEZE. A thin, small, hard cider, much used by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain. A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                    @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                    Events for the 28th of November from Wikipedia:

                    • 1989: Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
                    • Birth (1953) of Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_M
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                      [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                      @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                      geeks..

                      Check Constructive Chaos BBS
                      conchaos.synchro.net/ @codefenix Tour Op.

                        [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                        @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                        Experimenting on DesqviewX with MSDOS 6.22

                        Rogue run fine on a Scaled MSDOS box. You can really multitask while playing some cool games (these who are able to do it).

                        I like that! :0)

                        Oh, I just hit the level 20 of the Dungeon of DOOOOOM..



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                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                          STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those knights of the needle.

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

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                          @histodons

                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those knights of the needle. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those knights of the needle. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                            BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.

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

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                            @histodons

                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                              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.

                              [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

                              Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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                                [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                Events for the 27th of November from Wikipedia:

                                • 1945: CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARE_(re
                                • Birth (1894) of Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint (d. 1971) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiloc
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                                  [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                  @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                  Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

                                  Not affiliated with Wikipedia.

                                  Montage of images from Wikipedia articles posted by this account

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                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                    TRIP. A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made a trip; she has had a bastard.

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

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                                    @histodons

                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TRIP. A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made a trip; she has had a bastard. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TRIP. A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made a trip; she has had a bastard. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                      DICK. That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i. e. never: said of any absurd old story. I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me.

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

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                                      @histodons

                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DICK. That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i. e. never: said of any absurd old story. I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DICK. That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i. e. never: said of any absurd old story. I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                        [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                        @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                        Events for the 26th of November from Wikipedia:

                                        • 2004: Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruzhou_S
                                        • Birth (1678) of Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jac
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                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                          INDORSER. A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel.

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

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                                          @histodons

                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): INDORSER. A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): INDORSER. A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                            QUEER CHECKERS. Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house.

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

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                                            @histodons

                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): QUEER CHECKERS. Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): QUEER CHECKERS. Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                              @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                              Events for the 25th of November from Wikipedia:

                                              • 1596: The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudgel_W
                                              • Birth (1876) of Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1936) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess
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                                                [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
                                                @WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud

                                                Resolving DHCP request under MSDOS to reach the spider web.
                                                Well, BBS or FTP mainly.

                                                Part of the mTCP package from M. Brutman.

                                                I will soon try web browsing from MSDOS. Reaching from MSDOS ?!
                                                kompx.com/en/web-browsers-for-

                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                  BILBOA. A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck-basket. Bilboes, the stock; prison. Cant.

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

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                                                  @histodons

                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BILBOA. A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck-basket. Bilboes, the stock; prison. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BILBOA. A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck-basket. Bilboes, the stock; prison. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                    CIVIL RECEPTION. A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See NANNY-HOUSE.

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

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                                                    @histodons

                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CIVIL RECEPTION. A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See NANNY-HOUSE. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CIVIL RECEPTION. A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See NANNY-HOUSE. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                                      @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                                      Events for the 24th of November from Wikipedia:

                                                      • 1850: Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o
                                                      • Birth (1958) of Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret
                                                      • Death (2013) of Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (b. 1926) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Ra
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                                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                        @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                        COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices.

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

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                                                        @histodons

                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                          CORK-BRAINED. Light-headed, foolish.

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

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                                                          @histodons

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

                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CORK-BRAINED. Light-headed, foolish. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                                            Events for the 23rd of November from Wikipedia:

                                                            • 1934: An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogaden
                                                            • Birth (1950) of Paul Wilson, Scottish footballer (d. 2017) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wil
                                                            @histodons

                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                              MUMCHANCE. An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it.

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

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                                                              @histodons

                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUMCHANCE. An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUMCHANCE. An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                                @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                                Chimney Sweep Museum

                                                                "The only museum in Italy dedicated to this ancient profession."

                                                                atlasobscura.com/places/chimne

                                                                Meal Time for the Chimney Sweep by Aurelio Zingoni (1881)

                                                                Meal Time for the Chimney Sweep by Aurelio Zingoni (1881). Painting shows a boy chimney sweep eating a bowl of food sitting near a fireplace. He is looking at a dog who has its tongue out and is staring at the food.

                                                                Alt...Meal Time for the Chimney Sweep by Aurelio Zingoni (1881). Painting shows a boy chimney sweep eating a bowl of food sitting near a fireplace. He is looking at a dog who has its tongue out and is staring at the food.

                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                  HOT POT. Ale and brandy made hot.

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

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                                                                  @histodons

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

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

                                                                    [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                    Events for the 22nd of November from Wikipedia:

                                                                    • 1873: The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ville
                                                                    • Birth (1981) of Ben Adams, English-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Adams
                                                                    @histodons

                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                      IRON. Money in general. To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET.

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

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                                                                      @histodons

                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRON. Money in general. To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRON. Money in general. To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                        [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                                                        @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                                                        Why Perspectival Realism Is Not Relativism

                                                                        Second of 5 in a series

                                                                        Responds to charges that PR is rehashed Relativism.

                                                                        philosophics.blog/2025/11/21/w

                                                                        abstract rendering

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                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                          BANDOG. A bailiff or his follower; also a very fierce mastiff: likewise, a bandbox. CANT.

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

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                                                                          @histodons

                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BANDOG. A bailiff or his follower; also a very fierce mastiff: likewise, a bandbox. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BANDOG. A bailiff or his follower; also a very fierce mastiff: likewise, a bandbox. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                            Events for the 21st of November from Wikipedia:

                                                                            • 1985: United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan
                                                                            • Birth (1985) of Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%B
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                                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                              CATER COUSINS. Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion.

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

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                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CATER COUSINS. Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CATER COUSINS. Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                Chateaubriand, Writing of a Worthless Time

                                                                                Chateaubriand (1768–1848), Breton aristocrat and writer, rose to fame with Atala and René. Once a supporter of Napoleon and the Bourbons, he later condemned both for repression and censorship.

                                                                                By Alex Andriesse

                                                                                theparisreview.org/blog/2025/1

                                                                                Chateaubriand at PG:
                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/72

                                                                                Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Louis XVIII Receiving the Duc d’Angoulême on His Return from the Spanish Campaign, December 2, 1823. In this oil-on-canvas history painting King Louis XVIII, seated and visibly frail, warmly greets his nephew Louis Antoine, the victorious Duc d’Angoulême, just returned from commanding the French intervention in Spain. The duke stands proudly before him, dressed in full military uniform. Around them are key members of the Bourbon family: behind the duke is Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (“Madame Royale”), his wife, gazing up at him with admiration; to the left of the king stands Charles, Count of Artois (future Charles X), holding the young Duke of Bordeaux in his arms; nearby is the Duchess of Berry with her daughter. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_XVIII_re%C3%A7oit_le_duc_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme_au_retour_de_la_guerre_d%27Espagne,_2_d%C3%A9cembre_1823.jpg

                                                                                Alt...Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Louis XVIII Receiving the Duc d’Angoulême on His Return from the Spanish Campaign, December 2, 1823. In this oil-on-canvas history painting King Louis XVIII, seated and visibly frail, warmly greets his nephew Louis Antoine, the victorious Duc d’Angoulême, just returned from commanding the French intervention in Spain. The duke stands proudly before him, dressed in full military uniform. Around them are key members of the Bourbon family: behind the duke is Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (“Madame Royale”), his wife, gazing up at him with admiration; to the left of the king stands Charles, Count of Artois (future Charles X), holding the young Duke of Bordeaux in his arms; nearby is the Duchess of Berry with her daughter. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_XVIII_re%C3%A7oit_le_duc_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme_au_retour_de_la_guerre_d%27Espagne,_2_d%C3%A9cembre_1823.jpg

                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                  HEARING CHEATS. Ears. CANT.

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

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

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

                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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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.

                                                                                    [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

                                                                                    Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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                                                                                      There’s : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slighting

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