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Doctor (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Doctor

Milk and water, with a little rum, and some nutmeg; also the name of a composition used by distillers, to make spirits appear stronger than they really are, or, in their phrase, better proof.

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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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.

Dispatchers
Distracted Division
Dive
Diver
Divide
Do
To do over
Doash
Dobin Rig
To Dock
Doctor
Doctors
Dodsey
Dog Buffers
Dog in a doublet
Dog
Dog Latin
Dog’s Portion
Dog’s Rig
Dog’s Soup
Dog Vane