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Collar Day (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Collar Day

Execution day.

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

Coliander * College

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.

Colcannon
Cold
Cold Burning
Cold Cook
Cold Iron
Cold meat
Cold Pig
Cold Pudding
Cole
Coliander
Collar Day
College
College Cove
Collegiates
Collector
To Collogue
Cook Ruffian
Cool Crape
Cooler
Cooler-1
Cool Lady