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Ribbon

Anne | July 19th, 2010 | No Comments »

Money. The ribbon runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. Blue ribbon. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbon; the silly fellow drinks common gin.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Ribbon

Anne | July 19th, 2010 | No Comments »

Money. The ribbon runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. Blue ribbon. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbon; the silly fellow drinks common gin.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Rhino

Anne | July 5th, 2010 | No Comments »

Money (cant)

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Rhino

Anne | July 5th, 2010 | No Comments »

Money (cant)

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.