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.

Mohair.  A man in the civil line, a townsman, or tradesman: 
  a military term, from the mohair buttons worn by persons
  of those descriptions, or any others not in the army, the
  buttons of military men being always of metal:  this is
  generally used as a term of contempt, meaning a bourgeois,
  tradesman, or mechanic.

Moiety.  Half, but vulgarly used to signify a share or portion: 
  as, He will come in for a small moiety.

Moll.  A whore.

Moll PEATLY’S gig.  A rogering bout.

Moll Thompson’s mark.  M. T. i.e. empty:  as, Take
  away this bottle, it has Moll Thompson’s mark upon it.

Molly.  A Miss Molly; an effeminate fellow, a sodomite.

Monday.  Saint Monday.  See saint.

Money.  A girl’s private parts, commonly applied to little
  children:  as, Take care, Miss, or you will shew your
  money.

Money droppers.  Cheats who drop money, which they
  pretend to find just before some country lad; and by way
  of giving him a share of their good luck, entice him into a
  public house, where they and their confederates cheat or
  rob him of what money he has about him.

Mongrel.  A hanger on among cheats, a spunger; also a
  child whose father and mother are of different countries.

Monks and friars.  Terms used by printers:  monks are
  sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black;
  friars, those letters where the ink has failed touching the
  type, which are therefore white or faint.

Monkey.  To suck the monkey; to suck or draw wine, or
  any other liquor, privately out of a cask, by means of a
  straw, or small tube.  Monkey’s allowance; more kicks
  than halfpence.  Who put that monkey on horseback without
  tying his legs? vulgar wit on a bad horseman.

Monosyllable.  A woman’s commodity.

MOONCURSER.  A link-boy:  link-boys are said to curse the
  moon, because it renders their assistance unnecessary;
  these gentry frequently, under colour of lighting passengers
  over kennels, or through dark passages, assist in robbing
  them.  Cant.

Moon-eyed hen.  A squinting wench.

Moon men.  Gypsies.

Moon Rakers.  Wiltshire men:  because it is said that
  some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the
  moon in a pond, endeavoured to pull it out with a rake.

Moonshine.  A matter or mouthful of moonshine; a trifle,
  nothing.  The white brandy smuggled on the coasts of
  Kent and Sussex, and the gin in the north of Yorkshire,
  are also called moonshine.

Mop.  A kind of annual fair in the west of England, where
  farmers usually hire their servants.

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