BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOSPEL SHOP. A church.
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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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOSPEL SHOP. A church.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/
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"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/
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BUM BAILIFF. A sheriff's officer, who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their bums, or, 'hard at their arses'. Blackstone says, it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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