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Drop In the Eye (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Drop In the Eye

Almost drunk.

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

Drop a Cog * Dropping Member

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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.

To Draw
Drawers
Drawing the King’s Picture
To Dress
Dribble
Dripper
Dromedary
Drommerars
Drop
Drop a Cog
Drop In the Eye
Dropping Member
Drop Coves
To Drop Down
To Drub
Drummer
Drunk
Drury Lane Ague
Drury Lane Vestal
Dry Bob
Dry Boots