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Flash Lingo (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Flash Lingo

The canting or slang language.

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

Flash Ken * Flash Man

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.

Flag
Flam
Flap Dragon
To Flare
Flash
Flash Panneys
Flash-1
To Flash
To Flash the Hash
Flash Ken
Flash Lingo
Flash Man
Flat
Flat Cock
Flawd
Flaybottomist
To Flay
Flea Bite
To Fleece
Flemish Account
Flesh Broker