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Bleating Rig (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bleating Rig

Sheep stealing. Cant.

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

Bleating Cheat * Bleeders

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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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.

Black Strap
Blank
Blanket Hornpipe
Blarney
A blasted Fellow
To Blast
Blater
Bleached Mort
Bleaters
Bleating Cheat
Bleating Rig
Bleeders
Bleeding Cully
Bleeding new
Blessing
Blind
Blind Cheeks
Blind Excuse
Blind Harpers
Blindman’s Buff
Blind Cupid