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Daisy Cutter (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Daisy Cutter

A jockey term for a horse that does not lift up his legs sufficiently, or goes too near the ground, and is therefore apt to stumble.

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

Dairy * Daisy Kickers

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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.

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