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Fire Priggers (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fire Priggers

Villains who rob at fires, under pretence of assisting in removing the goods.

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

To Fire a Slug * Fire Ship

Nearby

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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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.

Filch
File
Fin
Fine
Fine-1
Finger In Eye
Finger Post
Finish
Firing a Gun
To Fire a Slug
Fire Priggers
Fire Ship
Fire Shovel
Fish
Fit
Five Shillings
Fizzle
Flabagasted
Flabby
Flag
Flam