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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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WHORE-MONGER. A man who keeps more than one mistress. A gentleman who kept a female friend, being styled a whore-monger by a parson, asked whether he had a cheese in his house; and being answered in the affirmative, said 'Pray, does that one cheese make you a cheese-monger?'

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): WHORE-MONGER. A man who keeps more than one mistress. A gentleman who kept a female friend, being styled a whore-monger by a parson, asked whether he had a cheese in his house; and being answered in the affirmative, said 'Pray, does that one cheese make you a cheese-monger?' A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION. One slice upon the other. John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion. It is no bread and butter of mine; I have no business with it; or rather, I won't intermeddle, because I shall get nothing by it.

    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): BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION. One slice upon the other. John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion. It is no bread and butter of mine; I have no business with it; or rather, I won't intermeddle, because I shall get nothing by it. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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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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    @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)

    TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    LAGE. Water. CANT.

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

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    TOMMY. Soft Tommy, or white Tommy; bread is so called by sailors, to distinguish it from biscuit. Brown Tommy: ammunition bread for soldiers; or brown bread given to convicts at the hulks.

    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): TOMMY. Soft Tommy, or white Tommy; bread is so called by sailors, to distinguish it from biscuit. Brown Tommy: ammunition bread for soldiers; or brown bread given to convicts at the hulks. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    GILL. The abbreviation of Gillian, figuratively used for woman. Every jack has his gill; i.e. every jack has his gillian, or female mate.

    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): GILL. The abbreviation of Gillian, figuratively used for woman. Every jack has his gill; i.e. every jack has his gillian, or female mate. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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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?

    TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    DRAWING THE KING'S PICTURE. Coining. CANT.

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

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    BACON-FACED. Full-faced.

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

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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?

    TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    CLOUD. Tobacco. Under a cloud; in adversity.

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

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    GRANNY. An abbreviation of grandmother; also the name of an idiot, famous for licking, her eye, who died Nov. 14, 1719. Go teach your granny to suck eggs; said to such as would instruct any one in a matter he knows better than themselves.

    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): GRANNY. An abbreviation of grandmother; also the name of an idiot, famous for licking, her eye, who died Nov. 14, 1719. Go teach your granny to suck eggs; said to such as would instruct any one in a matter he knows better than themselves. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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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

    TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    HOSTELER, i.e. oat stealer. Hosteler was originally the name for an inn-keeper; inns being in old English styled hostels, from the French signifying the same.

    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): HOSTELER, i.e. oat stealer. Hosteler was originally the name for an inn-keeper; inns being in old English styled hostels, from the French signifying the same. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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