1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Merry A-se christian.  A whore.

Merry-begotten.  A bastard.

Man of the world.  A knowing man.

Mess John.  A Scotch presbyterian teacher or parson.

Messmate.  One who eats at the same mess, companion or
  comrade.

Mettle.  The semen.  To fetch mettle; the act of self pollution. 
  Mettle is also figuratively used for courage.

Mettlesome.  Bold, courageous.

Michael.  Hip, Michael, your head’s on fire.  See HYP.

MIDSHIPMAN’S watch and chain.  A sheep’s heart and
  pluck.

Milch cow.  One who is easily tricked out of his property;
  a term used by gaolers, for prisoners who have money and
  bleed freely.

Milk and water.  Both ends of the busk.

To milk the pigeon.  To endeavour at impossibilities.

Milling cove.  A boxer.  How the milling cove served
  the cull out; how the boxer beat the fellow.

Mill.  A chisel.

To mill.  To rob; also to break, beat out, or kill.  I’ll
  mill your glaze; I’ll beat out your eye.  To mill a bleating
  cheat; to kill a sheep.  To mill a ken; to rob a house. 
  To mill doll; to beat hemp in bridewell.  Cant.

Mill lay.  To force open the doors of houses in order to
  rob them.

Miller.  A murderer.

Mine A-se on A bandbox.  An answer to the offer of any
  thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just
  as a bandbox would be if used for a seat.

Mine uncle’s.  A pawnbroker’s shop; also a necessary
  house.  Carried to my uncle’s; pawned.  New-married
  men are also said to go to their uncle’s, when they leave
  their wives soon after the honey moon.

Minikin.  A little man or woman:  also the smallest sort
  of pin.

Minor clergy.  Young chimney sweepers.

Mint.  Gold.  A mint of money; common phrase for a
  large sum.

Mischief.  A man loaded with mischief, i.e. a man with
  his wife on his back.

Mish.  A shirt, smock, or sheet.  Cant.

Mish Topper.  A coat, or petticoat.

Miss.  A miss or kept mistress; a harlot.

Miss Laycock.  The monosyllable.

Mite.  A nick name for a cheesemonger:  from the small
  insect of that name found in cheese.

MIX metal.  A silversmith.

MOABITES.  Bailiffs, or Philistines.

Mob; or Mab.  A wench, or harlot.

Mobility.  The mob:  a sort of opposite to nobility.

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