picking
Anne | July 25th, 2008 | No Comments »Pilfering, petty larceny.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Archive for July, 2008
forlorn hope
Anne | July 24th, 2008 | No Comments »A gamester’s last stake.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
to carouse
Anne | July 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »To drink freely or deep: from the German word expressing ALL OUT.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Still a fun word used today. 
Captain Tom
Anne | July 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »The leader of a mob; also the mob itself.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
