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Flickering (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Flickering

Grinning or laughing in a man’s face.

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

Flicker * Flicking

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.

Flat
Flat Cock
Flawd
Flaybottomist
To Flay
Flea Bite
To Fleece
Flemish Account
Flesh Broker
Flicker
Flickering
Flicking
To Fling
Flints
Flip
Floating Academy
Floating Hell
To Flog
Flogger
Flogging Cully
Flogging Cove