BONE PICKER. A footman.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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AUTEM CACKLETUB. A conventicle or meeting-house for dissenters. CANT.
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JIBBER THE KIBBER. A method of deceiving seamen, by fixing a candle and lanthorn round the neck of a horse, one of whose feet is tied up; this at night has the appearance of a ship's light. Ships bearing towards it, run on shore, and are plundered by the inhabitants.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TO CAP. To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT.
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Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828 and Webster registering the copyright #OTD of the same year.
It was published by S. Converse in two quarto volumes containing 70,000 entries, as against the 58,000 of any previous dictionary. There were 2,500 copies printed, at $20 for the two volumes. When he lowered the price to $15, its sales improved, and by 1836 that edition was exhausted.
1913 version at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765
TO MELT. To spend. Will you melt a borde? will you spend a shilling? The cull melted a couple of decusses upon us; the gentleman spent a couple of crowns upon us. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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NAZAKENE FORETOP. The foretop of a wig made in imitation of Christ's head of hair, as represented by the painters and sculptors.
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EAT. To eat like a beggar man, and wag his under jaw; a jocular reproach to a proud man. To eat one's words; to retract what one has said.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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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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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.
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KILL DEVIL. New still-burnt rum.
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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 ****.
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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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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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