BAYARD OF TEN TOES. To ride bayard of ten toes, is to walk on foot. Bayard was a horse famous in old romances,

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

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MISH TOPPER. A coat, or petticoat.

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

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COOLER. A woman.

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

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BUTCHER'S DOG. To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to married men.

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

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LOWRE. Money. Cant.

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

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CHIRPING MERRY. Exhilarated with liquor. Chirping glass, a cheerful glass, that makes the company chirp like birds in spring.

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

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DERBY. To come down with the derbies; to pay the money.

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

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ROUT. A modern card meeting at a private house; also an order from the Secretary at War, directing the march and quartering of soldiers.

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

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THOUGHT. What did thought do? lay'in bed and beshat himself, and thought he was up; reproof to any one who excuses himself for any breach of positive orders, by pleading that he thought to the contrary.

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

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