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Family of Love (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Family of Love

Lewd women; also, a religious sect.

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.

To Famgrasp * Fancy Man

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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.

Faggot
Faithful
Fair
Fakement
Fallalls
Fallen Away From a Horse Load To a Cart Load
Family Man
Fam Lay
Fams
To Famgrasp
Family of Love
Fancy Man
To Fan
Fantastically Dressed
Fart
Fart Catcher
Farting Crackers
Fartleberries
Fastner
Fastnesses
Fat