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Corporation-1 (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Corporation-1

The magistrates, &c. of a corporate town. Corpus sine ratione. Freemen of a corporation’s work; neither strong nor handsome.

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

Corporation * Cosset

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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.

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