Badge (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Badge

A term used for one burned in the hand. He has got his badge, and piked; he was burned in the hand, and is at liberty. Cant. [i.e. branded—Liam]

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

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Francis Grose was independently wealthy, having inherited money from his father, a jeweller. Finding himself overspending, he published a number of books; his Provincial Glossary seems to have been the starting-point for the Vulgar Tongue reproduced here.