Fire Ship (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fire Ship

A wench who has the venereal disease.

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.

Fire Priggers * Fire Shovel

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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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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
Flap Dragon