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Execution Day (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Execution Day

Washing day.

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

Ewe * Expended

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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.

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Essex Stile
Eternity Box
Eves
Eve’s Custom-house
Eves Dropper
Evil
Ewe
Execution Day
Expended
Expunger
Eye
Eye-sore