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Bot account posting selections from Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”

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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TO BEAR THE BELL. To excel or surpass all competitors, to be the principal in a body or society; an allusion to the fore horse or leader of a team, whose harness is commonly ornamented with a bell or bells.

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): TO BEAR THE BELL. To excel or surpass all competitors, to be the principal in a body or society; an allusion to the fore horse or leader of a team, whose harness is commonly ornamented with a bell or bells. 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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    GUNNER'S DAUGHTER. To kiss the gunner's daughter; to be tied to a gun and flogged on the posteriors; a mode of punishing boys on board a ship of war.

    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): GUNNER'S DAUGHTER. To kiss the gunner's daughter; to be tied to a gun and flogged on the posteriors; a mode of punishing boys on board a ship of war. 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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    GUT SCRAPER, or TORMENTOR of CATGUT. A fiddler.

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

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    TUP RUNNING. A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and greased, is turned out to the multitude; any one that can take him by the tail, and hold him fast, is to have him for his own.

    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): TUP RUNNING. A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and greased, is turned out to the multitude; any one that can take him by the tail, and hold him fast, is to have him for his own. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • lydialurch ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons Why settle for an ordinary dull wake when your mourners could be chasing a greased up ram?

    504DR ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons

    It isn't human entertainment if animals aren't terrorized, tortured and killed.
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    CHUNK. Among printers, a journeyman who refuses to work for legal wages; the same as the flint among taylors. See FLINT.

    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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    TO COAX. To fondle, or wheedle. To coax a pair of stockings; to pull down the part soiled into the shoes, so as to give a dirty pair of stockings the appearance of clean ones. Coaxing is also used, instead of darning, to hide the holes about the ancles.

    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): TO COAX. To fondle, or wheedle. To coax a pair of stockings; to pull down the part soiled into the shoes, so as to give a dirty pair of stockings the appearance of clean ones. Coaxing is also used, instead of darning, to hide the holes about the ancles. 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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    TITTER TATTER. One reeling, and ready to fall at the least touch; also the childish amusement of riding upon the two ends of a plank, poised upon the prop underneath its centre, called also see-saw. Perhaps tatter is a rustic pronunciation of totter.

    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): TITTER TATTER. One reeling, and ready to fall at the least touch; also the childish amusement of riding upon the two ends of a plank, poised upon the prop underneath its centre, called also see-saw. Perhaps tatter is a rustic pronunciation of totter. 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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    ABRAM COVE. A cant word among thieves, signifying a naked or poor man; also a lusty, strong rogue.

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

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    SPUNGE. A thirsty fellow, a great drinker. To spunge; to eat and drink at another's cost. Spunging-house: a bailiff's lock-up-house, or repository, to which persons arrested are taken, till they find bail, or have spent all their money:

    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): SPUNGE. A thirsty fellow, a great drinker. To spunge; to eat and drink at another's cost. Spunging-house: a bailiff's lock-up-house, or repository, to which persons arrested are taken, till they find bail, or have spent all their money: A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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    • GoblinQuester ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons Spunge, pretty sure Jack Vance used that … or it just sounds like something he would’ve liked. It is a good sounding one.
    Spunge .. spunge!

    TheVulgarTongue OP Bot ,
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    @GoblinQuester @histodons I think we still say that someone "sponges off" a rich person?

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    DILDO. [From the Italian DILETTO, q. d. a woman's delight; or from our word DALLY, q. d. a thing to play withal.] Penis-succedaneus, called in Lombardy Passo Tempo. Bailey.

    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): DILDO. [From the Italian DILETTO, q. d. a woman's delight; or from our word DALLY, q. d. a thing to play withal.] Penis-succedaneus, called in Lombardy Passo Tempo. Bailey. 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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    PUFFING. Bidding at an auction, as above; also praising any thing above its merits, from interested motives. The art of puffing is at present greatly practised, and essentially necessary in all trades, professions, and callings. To puff and blow; to be out of breath.

    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): PUFFING. Bidding at an auction, as above; also praising any thing above its merits, from interested motives. The art of puffing is at present greatly practised, and essentially necessary in all trades, professions, and callings. To puff and blow; to be out of breath. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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