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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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HEEL TAP. A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass, is frequently called upon by the toast-master to take off his heel-tap.

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): HEEL TAP. A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass, is frequently called upon by the toast-master to take off his heel-tap. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL. An expression meaning an assemblage of low people, the mobility of all sorts. To tag after one like a tantony pig: to follow one wherever one goes, just as St. Anthony is followed by his pig.

    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): TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL. An expression meaning an assemblage of low people, the mobility of all sorts. To tag after one like a tantony pig: to follow one wherever one goes, just as St. Anthony is followed by his pig. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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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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    @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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    FAT. The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, carmen, &c. All the fat is in the fire; that is, it is all over with us: a saying used in case of any miscarriage or disappointment in an undertaking.

    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): FAT. The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, carmen, &c. All the fat is in the fire; that is, it is all over with us: a saying used in case of any miscarriage or disappointment in an undertaking. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    DEW BEATERS. Feet. Cant.

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

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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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    BED. Put to bed with a mattock, and tucked up with a spade; said of one that is dead and buried.

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

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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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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons the question is does the man own the land …or does the land own the man?

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    GREY PARSON. A farmer who rents the tithes of the rector or vicar.

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

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    HANS IN KELDER. Jack in the cellar, i.e. the child in the womb: a health frequently drank to breeding women or their husbands.

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

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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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    BATTLE-ROYAL. A battle or bout at cudgels or fisty-cuffs, wherein more than two persons are engaged: perhaps from its resemblance, in that particular, to more serious engagements fought to settle royal disputes.

    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): BATTLE-ROYAL. A battle or bout at cudgels or fisty-cuffs, wherein more than two persons are engaged: perhaps from its resemblance, in that particular, to more serious engagements fought to settle royal disputes. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    KIDNEY. Disposition, principles, humour. Of a strange kidney; of an odd or unaccountable humour. A man of a different kidney; a man of different principles.

    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): KIDNEY. Disposition, principles, humour. Of a strange kidney; of an odd or unaccountable humour. A man of a different kidney; a man of different principles. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    DIPT. Pawned or mortgaged.

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

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    COLT'S TOOTH. An old fellow who marries or keeps a young girl, is said to have a colt's tooth in his head.

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

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