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Colt Bowl (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Colt Bowl

Laid short of the jack by a colt bowler, i.e. a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Coltage * Colt’s tooth

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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.

Cook Ruffian
Cool Crape
Cooler
Cooler-1
Cool Lady
Cool Nants
Cool Tankard
Colquarron
Colt
Coltage
Colt Bowl
Colt’s tooth
Colt Veal
Comb
Come
Coming! So Is Christmas
Comfortable Importance
Commission
Commode
Commodity
Commons