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[?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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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.

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

    [?]infoDOCKET » 🌐
    @infodocket@newsie.social

    Building ‘The NEXT’ Archive For Born-Digital and (via Washington State University) news.wsu.edu/news/2025/09/03/b

      [?]Kyle Memoir 🍉🐧 » 🌐
      @f800gecko@mastodon.online

      If you like crime fiction, here's a fun late summer read blending true life with creative invention & conjecture around Agatha Christie's brief disappearance ninety-nine years ago this December.

      Watch also for mention within of one of earliest accounts of the Titanic sinking worth investigating.

      'The Christie Affair' by Nina de Gramont

      goodreads.com/en/book/show/576

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

        It’s Okay to Hate The House of Mirth

        Carlo Rotella on Reading (and Learning) from Books We Dislike

        lithub.com/its-okay-to-hate-th

        The House of Mirth at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

        The tragic heroine of The House of Mirth (1905), Lily Bart, lingers at the broad staircase, observing the high-society people gathered in the hall below. By A. B. Wenzell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Mirth#/media/File:House_of_Mirth_1.jpg

        Alt...The tragic heroine of The House of Mirth (1905), Lily Bart, lingers at the broad staircase, observing the high-society people gathered in the hall below. By A. B. Wenzell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Mirth#/media/File:House_of_Mirth_1.jpg

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

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

          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): MOVEABLES. Rings, watches, or any toys of value. 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): MOVEABLES. Rings, watches, or any toys of value. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

            CUP OF THE CREATURE. A cup of good liquor.

            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): CUP OF THE CREATURE. A cup of good liquor. 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): CUP OF THE CREATURE. A cup of good liquor. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

              The First Angsty Telepath: George Eliot’s “The Lifted Veil”

              The double-whammy curse of clairvoyance and telepathy may be too much for a sensitive Victorian soul...

              By Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

              reactormag.com/the-first-angst

              The Lifted Veil at PG:
              gutenberg.org/ebooks/2165

              Title page of The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob by George Eliot. https://archive.org/details/liftedveilandbr00eliogoog/

              Alt...Title page of The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob by George Eliot. https://archive.org/details/liftedveilandbr00eliogoog/

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

                DOG LATIN. Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings.

                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): DOG LATIN. Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings. 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): DOG LATIN. Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                  https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/ygdrasil/pdf/index.html

                  Ygdrasil is the first online literary journal, first published in 1993.

                  You might find the editor on Facebook and at Academia.edu.


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