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Darkmans (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Darkmans

The night. Cant.

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.

Darkee * Darkman’s Budge

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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.

Dandy
Dandy grey Russet
Dandy Prat
To Dangle
Dangler
Dapper Fellow
Darbies
Darby
Dark Cully
Darkee
Darkmans
Darkman’s Budge
Dart
Dash
David Jones
David Jones’s Locker
David’s Sow
Davy
To Dawb
Day Lights
Dead Cargo