MAIDEN SESSIONS. A sessions where none of the prisoners are capitally convicted.

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BACON. He has saved his bacon; he has escaped. He has a good voice to beg bacon; a saying in ridicule of a bad voice.

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BULL CHIN. A fat chubby child.

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

BLACK ARSE. A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black arse. Cant.

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THE BUBBLE. The party cheated, perhaps from his being like an air bubble, filled with words, which are only wind, instead of real property.

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CORPORAL. To mount a corporal and four; to be guilty of onanism: the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers the privates.

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NUMBSCULL. A stupid fellow.

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

FIDDLERS MONEY. All sixpences: sixpence being the usual sum paid by each couple, for music at country wakes and hops. Fiddler's fare; meat, drink, and money. Fiddler's pay; thanks and wine.

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COMMODITY. A woman's commodity; the private parts of a modest woman, and the public parts of a prostitute.

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BLOOD MONEY. The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.

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BOUGHS. Wide in the boughs; with large hips and posteriors.

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BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES. Counterfeiters of passes. Cant.

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FAULKNER. A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. CANT.

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HOGGISH. Rude, unmannerly, filthy.

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BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TO LAG. To drop behind, to keep back. Lag last; the last of a company.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO LAG. To drop behind, to keep back. Lag last; the last of a company. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NAB, or NAB CHEAT. A hat. Penthouse nab; a large hat.

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FRIDAY-FACE. A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, or jour maigre. Immediately after the restoration of king Charles II. a proclamation was issued, prohibiting all publicans from dressing any suppers on a Friday.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FRIDAY-FACE. A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, or jour maigre. Immediately after the restoration of king Charles II. a proclamation was issued, prohibiting all publicans from dressing any suppers on a Friday. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT.

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MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BEETLE-HEADED. Dull, stupid.

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

HORSE'S MEAL. A meal without drinking.

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COURT CARD. A gay fluttering coxcomb.

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BLUE PIGEONS. Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses or churches.

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DICKED IN THE NOB. Silly. Crazed.

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BULL. A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown.

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CHRISTMAS COMPLIMENTS. A cough, kibed heels, and a snotty nose.

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AIR AND EXERCISE. He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, though more vulgarly, expressed, at the cart's arse.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AIR AND EXERCISE. He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, though more vulgarly, expressed, at the cart's arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NOBTHATCHER. A peruke-maker.

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RIBBIN. Money. The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. CANT. Blue ribbin. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbin; the silly fellow drinks common gin.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): RIBBIN. Money. The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. CANT. Blue ribbin. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbin; the silly fellow drinks common gin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

OBSTROPULOUS. Vulgar misnomer of OBSTREPEROUS: as, I was going my rounds, and found this here gemman very obstropulous, whereof I comprehended him as an auspicious parson.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): OBSTROPULOUS. Vulgar misnomer of OBSTREPEROUS: as, I was going my rounds, and found this here gemman very obstropulous, whereof I comprehended him as an auspicious parson. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

DRAG LAY. Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons.

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LORD. A crooked or hump-backed man. These unhappy people afford great scope for vulgar raillery; such as, 'Did you come straight from home? if so, you have got confoundedly bent by the way.'

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WAITS. Musicians of the lower order, who in most towns play under the windows of the inhabitants at midnight, a short time before Christmas, for which they collect a christmas-box. Said to derive their name from being always in waiting to celebrate weddings and other events.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): WAITS. Musicians of the lower order, who in most towns play under the windows of the inhabitants at midnight, a short time before Christmas, for which they collect a christmas-box. Said to derive their name from being always in waiting to celebrate weddings and other events. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

FOGEY. Old Fogey. A nickname for an invalid soldier: derived from the French word fougeux, fierce or fiery.

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FASTNESSES. Bogs.

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EVE'S CUSTOM-HOUSE, where Adam made his first entry. The monosyllable.

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TO JOCK, or JOCKUM CLOY. To enjoy a woman.

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TOUTING. (From TUERI, to look about) Publicans fore-stalling guests, or meeting them on the road, and begging their custom; also thieves or smugglers looking out to see that the coast is clear. Touting ken; the bar of a public house.

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EASY VIRTUE. A lady of easy virtue: an impure or prostitute.

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NAPPING. To take any one napping; i.e. to come upon him unexpectedly, to find him asleep: as, He caught him napping, as Morse caught his mare.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NAPPING. To take any one napping; i.e. to come upon him unexpectedly, to find him asleep: as, He caught him napping, as Morse caught his mare. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

JACKED. Spavined. A jacked horse.

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KNOT. A crew, gang, or fraternity. He has tied a knot with his tongue, that he cannot untie with his teeth: i.e. he is married.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNOT. A crew, gang, or fraternity. He has tied a knot with his tongue, that he cannot untie with his teeth: i.e. he is married. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

PRANCER. A horse. Prancer's nab.; a horse's head, used as a seal to a counterfeit pass. At the sign of the prancer's poll, i.e. the nag's head.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PRANCER. A horse. Prancer's nab.; a horse's head, used as a seal to a counterfeit pass. At the sign of the prancer's poll, i.e. the nag's head. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

COOL LADY. A female follower of the camp, who sells brandy.

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HOLY WATER. He loves him as the Devil loves holy water, i.e. hates him mortally. Holy water, according to the Roman Catholics, having the virtue to chase away the Devil and his imps.

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOLY WATER. He loves him as the Devil loves holy water, i.e. hates him mortally. Holy water, according to the Roman Catholics, having the virtue to chase away the Devil and his imps. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)