stamps
Friday, June 29th, 2007Legs.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Archive for June, 2007
puppy
Thursday, June 28th, 2007An affected or conceited coxcomb.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
iron
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Money in general.
Also: To polish the king’s iron with one’s eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
fubsey
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Plump. A fubsey wench; a plump, healthy wench.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
bugaroch
Monday, June 25th, 2007Comely, handsome. IRISH.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
fustian
Friday, June 22nd, 20071811 Vulgar Tongue
Bombast language. Red fustian; port wine.
Merriam-Webster
High-flown or affected writing or speech; broadly : anything high-flown or affected in style
cag
Thursday, June 21st, 2007To be cagged. To be sulky or out of humour. The cove carries the cag; the man is vexed or sullen.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
cag magg
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Bits and scraps of provisions. Bad meat.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
thief in a candle
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Part of the wick or snuff, which falling on the tallow, burns and melts it, and causing it to gutter, thus steals it away.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
