Bog Lander (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bog Lander

An Irishman; Ireland being famous for its large bogs, which furnish the chief fuel in many parts of that kingdom.

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

Body of Divinity bound in Black Calf * Bog Trotter

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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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.