COVEY. A collection of whores. What a fine covey here is, if the Devil would but throw his net!
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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More South African words have made it into the OED: https://www.goodthingsguy.com/lifestyle/from-howzit-to-gatvol-here-are-30-sa-words-in-the-oxford-dictionary/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica
The Vulgar Tongue
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