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Balum Rancum (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Balum Rancum

A hop or dance, where the women are all prostitutes. N.B. The company dance in their birthday suits.

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

Ballocks * Balsam

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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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.

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Badge-coves
Badgers
Bag
Bag of Nails
Baggage
Bakers Dozen
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Balderdash
Ballocks
Balum Rancum
Balsam
Bam
To Bam
To Bamboozle
Banaghan
Bandbox
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Bandog
Bang Up
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