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Blue Tape (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Blue Tape

Sky Blue

Gin.

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

Blue Skin * Blue Ruin

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.

To Blubber
To sport Blubber
Blubber Cheeks
Blue
Blue Boar
Blue Devils
Blue Flag
Blue Pigeons
Blue Plumb
Blue Skin
Blue Tape
Blue Ruin
Bluff
Bluffer
Blunderbuss
Blunt
To Bluster
Boarding School
Bob
Bob-1
Bobbed