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Fen (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fen

A bawd, or common prostitute. Cant.

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.

Fellow Commoner * To Fence

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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.

Fawney
Feague
Feak
To Feather One’s Nest
Feather-bed Lane
Fee
Feeder
Feet
Feint
Fellow Commoner
Fen
To Fence
Fencing Ken
Ferme
Fermerdy Beggars
Ferrara
Ferret
Fetch
Feuterer
To Fib
Fice