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CW: 18th-century levels of racism, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming and negative attitudes to sex workers.

But on the other hand, someone non-judgmentally recorded the speech and codes of people on the outside of polite society, people in the demi-monde and otherwise forgotten by history.

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BIBLE OATH. Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only, as being the bigger book, and generally containing both the Old and New Testament.

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): BIBLE OATH. Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only, as being the bigger book, and generally containing both the Old and New Testament. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    GYLES, or GILES. Hopping Giles; a nick name for a lame person: St. Giles was the tutelar saint of cripples.

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

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    GREENWICH BARBERS. Retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, in Kent: perhaps they are styled barbers, from their constant shaving the sandbanks.

    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): GREENWICH BARBERS. Retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, in Kent: perhaps they are styled barbers, from their constant shaving the sandbanks. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    RIBALDRY. Vulgar abusive language, such as was spoken by ribalds. Ribalds were originally mercenary soldiers who travelled about, serving any master far pay, but afterwards degenerated into a mere banditti.

    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): RIBALDRY. Vulgar abusive language, such as was spoken by ribalds. Ribalds were originally mercenary soldiers who travelled about, serving any master far pay, but afterwards degenerated into a mere banditti. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    CHAW BACON. A countryman. A stupid fellow.

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

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    CHURCH WORK. Said of any work that advances slowly.

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

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    MUZZLE. A beard.

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

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    CRISPIN'S LANCE. An awl.

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

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    CODS. The scrotum. Also a nick name for a curate: a rude fellow meeting a curate, mistook him for the rector, and accosted him with the vulgar appellation of Bol--ks the rector, No, Sir, answered he; only Cods the curate, at your service.

    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): CODS. The scrotum. Also a nick name for a curate: a rude fellow meeting a curate, mistook him for the rector, and accosted him with the vulgar appellation of Bol--ks the rector, No, Sir, answered he; only Cods the curate, at your service. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    TROOPER. You will die the death of a trooper's horse, that is, with your shoes-on; a jocular method of telling any one he will be hanged.

    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): TROOPER. You will die the death of a trooper's horse, that is, with your shoes-on; a jocular method of telling any one he will be hanged. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    MISS LAYCOCK. The monosyllable.

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

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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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    BRAN-FACED. Freckled. He was christened by a baker, he carries the bran in his face.

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

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    JACOBITES. Sham or collar shirts. Also partizans for the Stuart family: from the name of the abdicated king, i.e. James or Jacobus. It is said by the whigs, that God changed Jacob's name to Israel, lest the descendants of that patriarch should be called Jacobites.

    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): JACOBITES. Sham or collar shirts. Also partizans for the Stuart family: from the name of the abdicated king, i.e. James or Jacobus. It is said by the whigs, that God changed Jacob's name to Israel, lest the descendants of that patriarch should be called Jacobites. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    DEMURE. As demure as an old whore at a christening.

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

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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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    @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.’

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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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