Barrow Man (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Barrow Man

A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.

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

Barrel Fever * Bartholomew Baby

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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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Barber’s Sign
Bargain
Bargees
Barker
Barkshire
Barking Irons
Barn
Barnaby
Barnacle
Barrel Fever
Barrow Man
Bartholomew Baby
Basket
Basket-making
Bastard
Bastardly Gullion
To Baste
Basting
Bastonading
Bat
Batch