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CW: 18th-century levels of racism, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming and negative attitudes to sex workers.
But on the other hand, someone non-judgmentally recorded the speech and codes of people on the outside of polite society, people in the demi-monde and otherwise forgotten by history.
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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. Also a false scabbard over a sword, and the oil-skin case for holding the colours of a regiment.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GALIMAUFREY. A hodgepodge made up of the remnants and scraps of the larder.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CAUDGE-PAWED. Left-handed.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TO BLUBBER. To cry.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BUNDLING. A man and woman sleeping in the same bed, he with his small clothes, and she with her petticoats on; practised in America on a scarcity of beds, where husbands and parents permitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters. This custom is now abolished.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FRENCHIFIED. Infected with the venereal disease. The mort is Frenchified: the wench is infected.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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