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Cherubims (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Cherubims

Peevish children, because cherubims and seraphims continually do cry.

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

Cherry-coloured Cat * Cheshire Cat

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.

Cheapside
Cheats
Cheek by Jowl
Cheeks
Cheese-toaster
Cheese it
Cheeser
Chelsea
Chest of Tools
Cherry-coloured Cat
Cherubims
Cheshire Cat
Chick-a-biddy
Chicken-breasted
Chicken Butcher
Chicken-hammed
Chicken-hearted
Chicken Nabob
Child
Chimney Chops
Chink