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Crashing Cheats (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Crashing Cheats

Teeth.

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.

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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.

Crackish
Cracking Tools
Crackmans
Cracksman
Crag
Cramp Rings
Cramp Words
Crank
Crank-1
To Crash
Crashing Cheats
Craw Thumpers
Cream-pot Love
To Creeme
Creepers
Crew
Crib
To Crib
To Fight a Crib
Cribbage-faced
Cribbeys