Cold Iron (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Cold Iron

A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef.

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

Cold Cook * Cold meat

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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