Craw Thumpers (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Craw Thumpers

Roman catholics, so called from their beating their breasts in the confession of their sins. See Brisket Beater, and BREAST FLEET.

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

Crashing Cheats * Cream-pot Love

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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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
Crim