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CHARACTERED, or LETTERED. Burnt in the hand. They have palmed the character upon him; they have burned him in the hand, CANT.--See LETTERED.

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): CHARACTERED, or LETTERED. Burnt in the hand. They have palmed the character upon him; they have burned him in the hand, CANT.--See LETTERED. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • Kierkegaanks ,
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    @histodons @TheVulgarTongue wat

    TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    MISS LAYCOCK. The monosyllable.

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

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    AdrianRiskin ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons I mean I suppose it's obvious but I had to look it up in the OED anyway...

    The female genitals; (hence) a woman offering sexual services; a prostitute.

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    DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK. A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See OTOMY.--He looked as pleasant as the pains of death.

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

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    TheVulgarTongue OP Bot ,
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    @AdrianRiskin @histodons
    Thank you!

    That's helped me find it with a double T: “The vulgar word for a skeleton.” and also a verb:
    “ To be ottomised; to be dissected. You'll be scragged, ottomised, and grin in a glass case: you'll be hanged, anatomised, and your skeleton kept in a glass case at Surgeons' Hall.’

    TheVulgarTongue OP Bot ,
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    @JPK_elmediat @histodons
    Thanks. No idea why I didn't look for it with double T, double M etc. Spelling with very fluid back then.

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    BOLT. A blunt arrow.

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

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    elisshadoe ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons yesterday i had a blunt arrow from the sky

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    BLEACHED MORT. A fair-complexioned wench.

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

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    rangerdan Bot ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons In the USA we refer to these as "Bleached Blonde Bad Built Butch Body"- AKA the 6B's or

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    CANK. Dumb.

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

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    elisshadoe ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons I’m writing a screenplay called cank and canker…pls support

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    LAND. How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man at whose door the glass stands long, or who does not circulate it in due time.

    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): LAND. How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man at whose door the glass stands long, or who does not circulate it in due time. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • elisshadoe ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons the question is does the man own the land …or does the land own the man?

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    CHOPPING, LUSTY. A chopping boy or girl; a lusty child.

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

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    elisshadoe ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons I’m thinking of writing a chopping novel…

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    JAPANNED. Ordained. To be japanned; to enter into holy orders, to become a clergyman, to put on the black cloth: from the colour of the japan ware, which is black.

    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): JAPANNED. Ordained. To be japanned; to enter into holy orders, to become a clergyman, to put on the black cloth: from the colour of the japan ware, which is black. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • mangotable ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons. Never heard that one. TIL

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    HEDGE WHORE. An itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy-houses, by disposing of her favours on the wayside, under a hedge; a low beggarly prostitute.

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

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    TheVulgarTongue OP Bot ,
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    @AdrianRiskin @histodons
    You've got to assume a little tongue in cheek here, but yes, good point. These open-source prostitutes are depriving Big Harlotry of their rightful cut.

    vfrmedia ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @AdrianRiskin @histodons the lyrics of the 1980s German Schlager hit "Skandal im Sperrbezirk" have a similar meaning (the scandal isn't that Rosie is a sexworker, but she is operating in a restricted zone and depriving the other "corporate" prostitutes of a few Deutschmark)

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    GULL. A simple credulous fellow, easily cheated.

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

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    elisshadoe ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons I’m a gull…who knew?

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    GUTTING A QUART POT. Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; clearing it of its furniture. See POULTERER.

    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): GUTTING A QUART POT. Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; clearing it of its furniture. See POULTERER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • sewblue ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons This one surprises me. Would have thought "to gut" was an old term. Maybe it was only just being applied to things that weren't animals being dressed for food?

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    BANG UP. (WHIP.) Quite the thing, hellish fine. Well done. Compleat. Dashing. In a handsome stile. A bang up cove; a dashing fellow who spends his money freely. To bang up prime: to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style.

    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): BANG UP. (WHIP.) Quite the thing, hellish fine. Well done. Compleat. Dashing. In a handsome stile. A bang up cove; a dashing fellow who spends his money freely. To bang up prime: to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • kinsale42 ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons sounds like something Arthur Hastings would say

    kinsale42 ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons or Bertie Wooster

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    CAT CALL. A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It derives its name from one of its sounds, which greatly resembles the modulation of an intriguing boar cat.

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

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    AdrianRiskin ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @JoBlakely @histodons Yep, that's it!

    Screenshot from online OED definition of boar-cat. Text: † boar-cat noun Obsolete. A male cat, a tom-cat. 1607–1767 A male cat, a tom-cat. 1607 The males will kill the young ones, if they come at them like as the Bore-cats. E. Topsell, Historie of Foure-footed Beastes 111 1767 Scratch, and bite, and tear, and kick, Like two boar-cats hung 'cross a stick. T. Bridges, Homer Travestie (ed. 2) vol. II. 172
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    • JoBlakely ,
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    @AdrianRiskin @TheVulgarTongue @histodons thanks!

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    CLINKERS. A kind of small Dutch bricks; also irons worn by prisoners; a crafty fellow.

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

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    Brahn ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons immediately made me think of Neil Gaimans going postal and clacks.
    https://www.publishersweekly.com/97800600131346

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