KING OF THE GYPSIES. The captain, chief, or ringleader of the gang of misrule: in the cant language called also the upright man.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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SCRAPING. A mode of expressing dislike to a person, or sermon, practised at Oxford by the students, in scraping their feet against the ground during the preachment; frequently done to testify their disapprobation of a proctor who has been, as they think, too rigorous.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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ALL NATIONS. A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HOUSE, or TENEMENT, TO LET. A widow's weeds; also an atchievement marking the death of a husband, set up on the outside of a mansion: both supposed to indicate that the dolorous widow wants a male comforter.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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LIMB OF THE LAW. An inferior or pettyfogging attorney.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FEATHER-BED LANE. A rough or stony lane.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAM. A glass or small measure of any spirituous liquors, which, being originally sold by apothecaries, were estimated by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram; to spit in his mouth, and clap his back.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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LUSHEY. Drunk. The rolling kiddeys hud a spree, and got bloody lushey; the dashing lads went on a party of pleasure, and got very drunk.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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PRAY. She prays with her knees upwards; said of a woman much given to gallantry and intrigue. At her last prayers; saying of an old maid.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BARKING IRONS. Pistols, from their explosion resembling the bow-wow or barking of a dog. IRISH.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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SPARROW. Mumbling a sparrow; a cruel sport frequently practised at wakes and fairs: a booby having his hands tied behind him, has the wing of a sparrow put into his mouth: with this hold, without any assistance, he is to get the sparrow's head into his mouth.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOLUS. A nick name for an apothecary.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JEHU. To drive jehu-like; to drive furiously: from a king of Israel of that name, who was a famous charioteer, and mentioned as such in the Bible.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HOP-O-MY-THUMB. A diminutive person, man or woman. She was such a-hop-o-my thumb, that a pigeon, sitting on her shoulder, might pick a pea out of her arse.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DUGS. A woman's breasts,
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CALVES. His calves are gone to grass; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves. Veal will be cheap, calves fall; said of a man whose calves fall away.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BONE PICKER. A footman.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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