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Flummery (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Flummery

Oatmeal and water boiled to a jelly; also compliments, neither of which are over-nourishing.

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

To Flout * Flush In the Pocket

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.

Floating Academy
Floating Hell
To Flog
Flogger
Flogging Cully
Flogging Cove
Flogging Stake
To Floor
Flourish
To Flout
Flummery
Flush In the Pocket
Flustered
Flute
To Flux
Fly
Fly-1
Fly-by-night
Fly Slicers
Flyer
Flyers