Close (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Close

As close as God’s curse to a whore’s a-se: close as shirt and shitten a-se.

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

Clod Pole * Close-fisted

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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Clicket
Climb
Clinch
Clink
Clinkers
To Clip
Cloak Twitchers
Clod Hopper
Clod Pate
Clod Pole
Close
Close-fisted
Closh
Cloth Market
Cloud
Cloven
Cloven Foot
To Chuck
Clout
Clouted Shoon
Clouting Lay