Aldgate (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Aldgate

A draught on the pump at Aldgate; a bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of the drawer.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Alderman * Ale Draper

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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