Damned Soul (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Damned Soul

A clerk in a counting house, whose sole business it is to clear or swear off merchandise at the custom-house; and who, it is said, guards against the crime of perjury, by taking a previous oath, never to swear truly on those occasions.

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

Damme Boy * Damper

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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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