COUNTERFEIT CRANK. A general cheat, assuming all sorts of characters; one counterfeiting the falling sickness.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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COCKSHUT TIME. The evening, when fowls go to roost.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JOHNNY BUM. A he or jack ass: so called by a lady that affected to be extremely polite and modest, who would not say Jack because it was vulgar, nor ass because it was indecent.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CANTING. Preaching with a whining, affected tone, perhaps a corruption of chaunting. Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies, called likewise pedlar's French, the slang, &c. &c.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MOPSQUEEZER. A maid servant, particularly a housemaid.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CAPSIZE. To overturn or reverse. He took his broth till he capsized; he drank till he fell out of his chair. SEA TERM.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HUSKYLOUR. A guinea, or job. Cant.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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KILL DEVIL. New still-burnt rum.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HALF SEAS OVER. Almost drunk.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NICKUMPOOP, or NINCUMPOOP. A foolish fellow; also one who never saw his wife's ****.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MERRY ANDREW, or MR. MERRYMAN. The jack pudding, jester, or zany of a mountebank, usually dressed in a party-coloured coat.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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For anybody who did not know the word "cop" in all of its meanings:
"A #cop is an informal term for a police officer. As a verb, cop is used in a variety of #slang expressions meaning “grab” or “obtain,” from copping a feel on someone (not recommended) to copping out on going to a party (= not going) to copping to (confessing to) eating the last slice of pizza."
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/cop/
Further: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cop
There has *got* to be a word for that pause you take before hitting Send, to make sure that #autocorrect isn’t going to change the last word you typed.
Got any suggestions?
TO COG. To cheat with dice; also to coax or wheedle, To cog a die; to conceal or secure a die. To cog a dinner; to wheedle one out of a dinner.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HUM DRUM. A hum drum fellow; a dull tedious narrator, a bore; also a set of gentlemen, who (Bailey says) used to meet near the Charter House, or at the King's Head in St. John's-street, who had more of pleasantry, and less of mystery, than the free masons.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CLAPPER. The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CLINCH. A pun or quibble. To clinch, or to clinch the nail; to confirm an improbable story by another: as, A man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon; a bystander said it was true, for he was on the other side and clinched it.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TWIST. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewise brandy, beer, and eggs. A good twist; a good appetite. To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HOBBY. Sir Posthumous's hobby; one nice or whimsical in his clothes.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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