Books (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Books

Cards to play with. To plant the books; to place the cards in the pack in an unfair manner.

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

Booby Hutch * Book-keeper

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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