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Battle-Royal (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Battle-Royal

A battle or bout at cudgels or fisty-cuffs, wherein more than two persons are engaged: perhaps from its resemblance, in that particular, to more serious engagements fought to settle royal disputes.

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

Batchelor’s Son * Bawbee

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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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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.

Bastard
Bastardly Gullion
To Baste
Basting
Bastonading
Bat
Batch
Battner
Batchelor’s Fare
Batchelor’s Son
Battle-Royal
Bawbee
Bawbels
Bawd
Bawdy Basket
Bawdy-house Bottle
Bay Fever
Bayard of Ten Toes
Beak
Bean
Bear