This site is in danger of going away; please consider the Donate link above...

Beater Cases (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Beater Cases

Boots. Cant.

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

Beast with Two Backs * Beau-nasty

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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

Buy a modern reprint of this book from Amazon CA; US;

About

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.

Bayard of Ten Toes
Beak
Bean
Bear
Bear-garden Jaw
Bear Leader
Beard Splitter
Bearings
Beast
Beast with Two Backs
Beater Cases
Beau-nasty
Beau Trap
Becalmed
Beck
Bed
Bedfordshire
Bedizened
Bed-Maker
Beef
Beef Eater