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Church Work (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Church Work

Said of any work that advances slowly.

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

Church Warden * Churchyard Cough

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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.

Chub
Chubby
Chuck
Chuck Farthing
Chuckle-headed
Chuffy
Chum
Chummage
Chunk
Church Warden
Church Work
Churchyard Cough
Churk
Churl
Cinder Garbler
Circumbendibus
Cit
City College
Civility Money
Civil Reception
Clack