CHAPT. Dry or thirsty.

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LIVE STOCK. Lice or fleas.

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

KNIGHT OF THE WHIP. A coachman.

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

CHATTER BOX. One whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen, a chattering man or woman.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHATTER BOX. One whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen, a chattering man or woman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate.

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BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.

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BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.

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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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)

GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given.

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SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul.

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TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium.

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

KILKENNY. An old frize coat.

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

BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair.

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AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin.

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

CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French.

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BURN THE KEN. Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT.

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TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GOBBLER. A turkey cock.

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

GAMON AND PATTER. Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.

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HERE AND THEREIAN. One who has no settled place of residence.

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HUMP. To hump; once a fashionable word for copulation.

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TO HUFF. To reprove, or scold at any one; also to bluster, bounce, ding, or swagger. A captain huff; a noted bully. To stand the huff; to be answerable for the reckoning in a public house.

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MAGGOTTY. Whimsical, capricious.

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

HORN COLIC. A temporary priapism.

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VALENTINE. The first woman seen by a man, or man seen by a woman, on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February, when it is said every bird chuses his mate for the ensuing year.

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CURE ARSE. A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.

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BLIND HARPERS. Beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing on fiddles, &c.

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DUMMEE. A pocket book. A dummee hunter. A pick-pocket, who lurks about to steal pocket books out of gentlemen's pockets. Frisk the dummee of the screens; take all the bank notes out of the pocket book.

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POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs.

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MUMMER. The mouth.

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GOLD DROPPERS. Who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, this they pretend to have found, and they invite him to a public house to partake of it: when there, comrades drop in, and propose cards, or some other game.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOLD DROPPERS. Who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, this they pretend to have found, and they invite him to a public house to partake of it: when there, comrades drop in, and propose cards, or some other game. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

SNOOZING KEN. A brothel. The swell was spiced in a snoozing ken of his screens; the gentleman was robbed of his bank notes in a brothel.

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RING. A circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel-players, by a man styled Vinegar; who goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in.

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CRANK. Gin and water; also, brisk, pert.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CRANK. Gin and water; also, brisk, pert. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BEVER. An afternoon's luncheon; also a fine hat; beaver's fur making the best hats.

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BEGGAR MAKER. A publican, or ale-house keeper.

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CHIMNEY CHOPS. An abusive appellation for a negro.

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GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE. A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE. A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GO, THE. The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GO, THE. The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

FINGER IN EYE. To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a consolatory speech used by sailors to their doxies. It is as great a pity to see a woman cry, as to see a goose walk barefoot; another of the same kind.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FINGER IN EYE. To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a consolatory speech used by sailors to their doxies. It is as great a pity to see a woman cry, as to see a goose walk barefoot; another of the same kind. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BULLY. A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See HECTOR.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BULLY. A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See HECTOR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CUR. A cut or curtailed dog. According to the forest laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the chase, was obliged to cut or law his dog: among other modes of disabling him, one was by depriving him of his tail: a dog so cut was called a cut or curtailed dog.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CUR. A cut or curtailed dog. According to the forest laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the chase, was obliged to cut or law his dog: among other modes of disabling him, one was by depriving him of his tail: a dog so cut was called a cut or curtailed dog. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

FAM LAY. Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by daubing the hand with some viscous matter.

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TO LEAK. To make water.

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

NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

JARVIS. A hackney coachman.

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

DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR.

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

TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron.

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

BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing - also an inferior workman among chasers.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BRUISER. A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing - also an inferior workman among chasers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GLIMMER. Fire. CANT.

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

AUTEM MORT. A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity. CANT.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AUTEM MORT. A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

PIN. In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: allusion to a sort of tankard, used in the north, having silver pegs or pins set at equal distances from the top to the bottom:every person drinking out of one of these tankards, was to swallow the quantity contained between two pins.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PIN. In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: allusion to a sort of tankard, used in the north, having silver pegs or pins set at equal distances from the top to the bottom:every person drinking out of one of these tankards, was to swallow the quantity contained between two pins. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NICKNAME. A name given in ridicule or contempt: from the French nom de niqne. Niqne is a movement of the head to mark a contempt for any person or thing.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NICKNAME. A name given in ridicule or contempt: from the French nom de niqne. Niqne is a movement of the head to mark a contempt for any person or thing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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LEFT-HANDED WIFE. A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): LEFT-HANDED WIFE. A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BLEEDING CULLY. One who parts easily with his money, or bleeds freely.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLEEDING CULLY. One who parts easily with his money, or bleeds freely. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CROSS BUTTOCK. A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pleasant sensations to the spectators than the patient.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CROSS BUTTOCK. A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pleasant sensations to the spectators than the patient. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BELLOWS. The lungs.

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

ACTIVE CITIZEN. A louse.

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

WHIFFLERS. Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the universities who examine candidates for degrees. A whiffling cur, a small yelping cur.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): WHIFFLERS. Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the universities who examine candidates for degrees. A whiffling cur, a small yelping cur. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

COVENT GARDEN ABBESS. A bawd.

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

BARREL FEVER. He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BARREL FEVER. He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CLANK NAPPER. A silver tankard stealer. See RUM BUBBER.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLANK NAPPER. A silver tankard stealer. See RUM BUBBER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Northumberland's arms; a black eye: so called in the last century.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NORTHUMBERLAND. Lord Northumberland's arms; a black eye: so called in the last century. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BUTTOCK BROKER. A bawd, or match-maker. CANT.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUTTOCK BROKER. A bawd, or match-maker. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CROSS DISHONEST. A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.

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HARK-YE-ING. Whispering on one side to borrow money.

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GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head: which if they effect, the goose is their prize.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head: which if they effect, the goose is their prize. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS. A schoolmaster, or usher.

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DAISY KICKERS. Ostlers at great inns.

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TO CREEME. To slip or slide any thing into the hands of another. CANT.

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CARBUNCLE FACE. A red face, full of pimples.

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PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PISS-PROUD. Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

SHERIFF'S BALL. An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse's night-cap, i.e. a halter.

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KATE. A picklock. 'Tis a rum kate; it is a clever picklock. CANT.

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GOODYER'S PIG. Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.

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BLUE BOAR. A venereal bubo.

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MANUFACTURE. Liquors prepared from materials of English growth.

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MUTE. An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supposed mute with grief.

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To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. CANT.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CONTENT. A thick liquor, in imitation of chocolate, made of milk and gingerbread.

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MUGGLETONIANS. The sect or disciples of Lodowick Muggleton.

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COLD IRON. A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef.

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ARS MUSICA. A bum fiddle.

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

BULL'S EYE. A crown-piece.

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

HIGH FLYERS. Tories, Jacobites.

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): HIGH FLYERS. Tories, Jacobites. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

EYE. It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): EYE. It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BALSAM. Money.

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

GULLGROPERS. Usurers who lend money to the gamesters.

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): GULLGROPERS. Usurers who lend money to the gamesters. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

STOCK JOBBERS. Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality only betting that they will be at a certain price, at a particular time.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): STOCK JOBBERS. Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality only betting that they will be at a certain price, at a particular time. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

SIMEONITES, (at Cambridge,) the followers of the Rev. Charles Simeon, fellow of King's College, author of Skeletons of Sermons, and preacher at Trinity church; they are in fact rank methodists.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SIMEONITES, (at Cambridge,) the followers of the Rev. Charles Simeon, fellow of King's College, author of Skeletons of Sermons, and preacher at Trinity church; they are in fact rank methodists. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

ROUGH MUSIC. Saucepans, frying-paps, poker and tongs, marrow-bones and cleavers, bulls horns, &c. beaten upon and sounded in ludicrous processions.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ROUGH MUSIC. Saucepans, frying-paps, poker and tongs, marrow-bones and cleavers, bulls horns, &c. beaten upon and sounded in ludicrous processions. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TO QUEER. To puzzle or confound. I have queered the old full bottom; i.e. I have puzzled the judge. To queer one's ogles among bruisers; to darken one's day lights.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO QUEER. To puzzle or confound. I have queered the old full bottom; i.e. I have puzzled the judge. To queer one's ogles among bruisers; to darken one's day lights. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

HUM TRUM. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some packthread, thence also called a bladder and string, and hurdy gurdy; it is played on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum; sometimes, instead of a bladder, a tin canister is used.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HUM TRUM. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some packthread, thence also called a bladder and string, and hurdy gurdy; it is played on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum; sometimes, instead of a bladder, a tin canister is used. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CLYSTER PIPE. A nick name for an apothecary.

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

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NIGHTINGALE. A soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew a bullet.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NIGHTINGALE. A soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew a bullet. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BADGE-COVES. Parish Pensioners. Cant.

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

BELLOWSER. Transportation for life: i.e. as long.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELLOWSER. Transportation for life: i.e. as long. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GINGERBREAD WORK. Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to the decorations of the sterns and quarters of West-Indiamen, which they have the greatest joy in defacing.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GINGERBREAD WORK. Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to the decorations of the sterns and quarters of West-Indiamen, which they have the greatest joy in defacing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

MADAM. A kept madam; a kept mistress.

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): MADAM. A kept madam; a kept mistress. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

COCK HOIST. A cross buttock.

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

GUMPTION, or RUM GUMPTION. Docility, comprehension, capacity.

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

CROCUS, or CROCUS METALLORUM. A nick name for a surgeon of the army and navy.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CROCUS, or CROCUS METALLORUM. A nick name for a surgeon of the army and navy. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GOOSEBERRY. He played up old gooseberry among them; said of a person who, by force or threats, suddenly puts an end to a riot or disturbance.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOOSEBERRY. He played up old gooseberry among them; said of a person who, by force or threats, suddenly puts an end to a riot or disturbance. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

LOUSE BAG. A black bag worn to the hair or wig.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): LOUSE BAG. A black bag worn to the hair or wig. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

LOUSE BAG. A black bag worn to the hair or wig.

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): LOUSE BAG. A black bag worn to the hair or wig. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BUG. A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen; bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Ireland by the English.

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): BUG. A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen; bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Ireland by the English. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)