To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you’ll p-ss; a consolatory speech used by sailors to their doxies. It is as great a pity to see a woman cry, as to see a goose walk barefoot; another of the same kind.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
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