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Donkey (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Donkey

DONKEY DICK. A he, or jack ass: called donkey, perhaps, from the Spanish or don-like gravity of that animal, intitled also the king of Spain’s trumpeter.

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

Done Up * Doodle

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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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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.

Dog Vane
Dogged
Doggess
Doll
Dolly
Domine Do little
Domineer
Dommerer
Done
Done Up
Donkey
Doodle
Doodle Sack
Dopey
Dot and Go One
Double
Double Jugg
Dove-tail
Douglas
Dowdy
Down Hills