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Breeches Bible (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Breeches Bible

An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves breeches. [My copy of this Bible is dated 1581—Liam]

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

Breeches * Breeze

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.

Bray
Brazen-faced
Bread and Butter Fashion
Break-teeth Words
Breaking Shins
Bread
Bread Basket
Breast Fleet
Breeched
Breeches
Breeches Bible
Breeze
Bridge
Brim
Brisket Beater
Bristol Milk
Bristol Man
British Champaigne
Broganier
Brogue
Brother of the Blade