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Blow-up (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Blow-up

A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one.

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

To Blow the Gab * a Blowse

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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.

Blood Money
Bloody Back
Bloody
Bloss
To Blot the Skrip and jar it
Blow
Blowen
Blower
To Blow the Grounsils
To Blow the Gab
Blow-up
a Blowse
Blubber
To Blubber
To sport Blubber
Blubber Cheeks
Blue
Blue Boar
Blue Devils
Blue Flag
Blue Pigeons