VELVET. To tip the velvet; to put one's tongue into a woman's mouth. To the little gentleman in velvet, i. e. the mole that threw up the hill that caused Crop (King William's horse) to stumble; a toast frequently drank by the tories and catholics in Ireland.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Reposted with #AltText from @publicdomainrev because it's great - a snippet from a dictionary of Victorian slang:
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https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-dictionary-of-victorian-slang-1909
DIDDEYS. A woman's breasts or bubbies.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CHUCK FARTHING. A parish clerk.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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MOPUSSES. Money.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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KILL CARE CLUB. The members of this club, styled also the Sons of Sound Sense and Satisfaction, met at their fortress, the Castle-tavern, in Paternoster-row.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GRUNTER'S GIG. A smoaked hog's face.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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10 Hilariously Strange #Slang #Terms Popular in the #OldWest
https://listverse.com/2025/06/16/10-hilariously-strange-slang-terms-popular-in-the-old-west/
BLEATING CHEAT. A sheep. Cant.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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SKY FARMERS. Cheats who pretend they were farmers in the isle of Sky, or some other remote place, and were ruined by a flood, hurricane, or some such public calamity: or else called sky farmers from their farms being IN NUBIBUS, 'in the clouds.'
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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27 Real #Slang Words From The #Victorian Era – Guess What They Actually Mean
https://www.boredpanda.com/victorian-era-slang-quiz/
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DOLL. Bartholomew doll; a tawdry, over-drest woman, like one of the children's dolls at Bartholomew fair. To mill doll; to beat hemp at Bridewell, or any other house of correction.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JOCK, or CROWDY-HEADED JOCK. A jeering appellation for a north country seaman, particularly a collier; Jock being a common name, and crowdy the chief food, of the lower order of the people in Northumberland.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GLIMMERERS. Persons begging with sham licences, pretending losses by fire.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FLYING PASTY. Sirreverence wrapped in paper and thrown over a neighbour's wall.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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ANABAPTIST. A pickpocket caught in the fact, and punished with the discipline of the pump or horse-pond.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BLACKLEGS. A gambler or sharper on the turf or in the cockpit: so called, perhaps, from their appearing generally in boots; or else from game-cocks whose legs are always black.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BELL SWAGGER. A noisy bullying fellow.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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HUNG BEEF. A dried bull's pizzle. How the dubber served the cull with hung beef; how the turnkey beat the fellow with a bull's pizzle.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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