Candlesticks (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Candlesticks

Bad, small, or untunable bells. Hark! how the candlesticks rattle.

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

Canary Bird * Candy

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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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