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.

Cuckold.  The husband of an incontinent wife:  cuckolds,
  however, are Christians, as we learn by the following story: 
  An old woman hearing a man call his dog Cuckold, reproved
  him sharply, saying, ’Sirrah, are not you ashamed
  to call a dog by a Christian’s name ?’ To cuckold the
  parson; to bed with one’s wife before she has been churched.

Cucumbers.  Taylors, who are jocularly said to subsist,
  during the summer, chiefly on cucumbers.

Cuff.  An old cuff; an old man.  To cuff Jonas; said of one
  who is knock-kneed, or who beats his sides to keep himself
  warm in frosty weather; called also Beating the
  booby.

Cuffin.  A man.

Cull.  A man, honest or otherwise.  A bob cull; a good-
  natured, quiet fellow.  Cant.

CULLABILITY.  A disposition liable to be cheated, an
  unsuspecting nature, open to imposition.

Cully.  A fog or fool:  also, a dupe to women:  from the
  Italian word coglione, a blockhead.

Culp.  A kick or blow:  from the words mea culpa, being
  that part of the popish liturgy at which the people beat their
  breasts; or, as the vulgar term is, thump their craws.

Cundum.  The dried gut of a sheep, worn by men in the
  act of coition, to prevent venereal infection; said to have
  been invented by one colonel Cundum.  These machines
  were long prepared and sold by a matron of the name of
  Philips, at the Green Canister, in Half-moon-street, in the
  Strand.  That good lady having acquired a fortune, retired
  from business; but learning that the town was not well
  served by her successors, she, out of a patriotic zeal for the
  public welfare, returned to her occupation; of which she
  gave notice by divers hand-bills, in circulation in the year
  1776.  Also a false scabbard over a sword, and the oil-skin
  case for holding the colours of a regiment.

Cunningham.  A punning appellation for a simple fellow.

Cunning man.  A cheat, who pretends by his skill in
  astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods:  and
  also to tell them their fortunes, and when, how often,
  and to whom they shall be married; likewise answers all
  lawful questions, both by sea and land.  This profession
  is frequently occupied by ladies.

Cunning shaver.  A sharp fellow, one that trims close,
  i.e. cheats ingeniously.

Cunny-thumbed. To double one’s fist with the thumb inwards,
  like a woman.

C**T.  The chonnos of the Greek, and the cunnus of the Latin
  dictionaries; a nasty name for a nasty thing:  un con Miege.

Cup of the creature.  A cup of good liquor.

Cup-shot.  Drunk.

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