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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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SAVE-ALL. A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers, to burn snuffs and ends of candles. Figuratively, boys running about gentlemen's houses in Ireland, who are fed on broken meats that would otherwise be wasted, also a miser.

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

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    WINDER. Transportation for life. The blowen has napped a winder for a lift; the wench is transported for life for stealing in a shop.

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

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    LOCK. Character. He stood a queer lock; he bore but an indifferent character. A lock is also a buyer of stolen goods, as well as the receptacle for them.

    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): LOCK. Character. He stood a queer lock; he bore but an indifferent character. A lock is also a buyer of stolen goods, as well as the receptacle for them. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    HUM BOX. A pulpit.

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

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    WISE MEN OF GOTHAM. Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuckow; a bush, called the cuckow's bush, is still shewn in support of the tradition. A thousand other ridiculous stories are told of the men of Gotham.

    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): WISE MEN OF GOTHAM. Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuckow; a bush, called the cuckow's bush, is still shewn in support of the tradition. A thousand other ridiculous stories are told of the men of Gotham. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    NIFFYNAFFY FELLOW. A trifler.

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

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    GIB CAT. A northern name for a he cat, there commonly called Gilbert. As melancholy as a gib cat; as melancholy as a he cat who has been caterwauling, whence they always return scratched, hungry, and out of spirits.

    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): GIB CAT. A northern name for a he cat, there commonly called Gilbert. As melancholy as a gib cat; as melancholy as a he cat who has been caterwauling, whence they always return scratched, hungry, and out of spirits. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    JUKRUM. A licence.

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

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    FLEA BITE. A trifling injury. To send any one away with a flea in his ear; to give any one a hearty scolding.

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

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    DRAG. To go on the drag; to follow a cart or waggon, in order to rob it. CANT.

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

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    HUMPTY DUMPTY. A little humpty dumpty man or woman; a short clumsy person of either sex: also ale boiled with brandy.

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

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    HARP. To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throwing or shooting at random among the crowd.

    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): HARP. To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throwing or shooting at random among the crowd. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    Love definitions for words that have the word in the definition.

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    @1dalm @histodons
    I see what you mean, but that's not what's happening here?

    "HARP" is the headword. Two examples of the word "harp" or its derivatives, used in context, then follow.

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    CALLE. A cloak or gown. CANT.

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

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    LAMB'S WOOL. Apples roasted and put into strong ale.

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

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    AMBASSADOR. A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes.

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

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