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Bulker (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bulker

One who lodges all night on a bulk or projection before old-fashioned shop windows.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Bulk and File * Bull

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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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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.

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Buffle-headed
Bug
To Bug
Bug-Hunter
Bugaboe
Bugaroch
Buggy
Bugger
Bulk and File
Bulker
Bull
Bull-1
Bull-2
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Bull Calf
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Bull Hankers
Bull’s Eye
Bull’s Feather