HIKE. To hike off; to run away. CANT.

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

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Nobody: ....

Me: WHIMSYMAXXING IS A NEW PHRASE THAT NEEDS TO GO DIE IN A FIRE !
ABSOLUTELY MUST STOP. STOPPIT. STAHP.

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EARNEST. A deposit in part of payment, to bind a bargain.

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

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Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Hallion

A ‘Hallion’ is someone that’s seen to be useless. It can also mean someone that’s clowning around someone that’s a bit of a rogue or a 'messer'.
For example, ‘You’re two kids are a right couple of hallions’.

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FLAG. A groat. CANT.--The flag of defiance, or bloody flag is out; signifying the man is drunk, and alluding to the redness of his face. SEA PHRASE.

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

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Man Referring to Everyone as ‘Cunt’ After Two Week Australian Vacation

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Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Dose

If you called a person a ‘Dose’, you’d be referring to them as annoying or a pain in the backside: someone who sucks happiness and fun out of any event.

You can also refer to a sickness as a ‘Dose’, for example, ‘I’ve had a bad dose on me since I was caught out in the rain’.

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MEDLAR. A fruit, vulgarly called an open arse; of which it is more truly than delicately said, that it is never ripe till it is as rotten as a t--d, and then it is not worth a f--t.

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

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FRENCHIFIED. Infected with the venereal disease. The mort is Frenchified: the wench is infected.

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

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