Dudders (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Dudders

Whispering Dudders

Cheats who travel the country, pretending to sell smuggled goods: they accost their intended dupes in a whisper. The goods they have for sale are old shop-keepers, or damaged; purchased by them of large manufactories. See Duffer.

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

Duck Legs * Duddering Rake

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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