Gentleman of Three Ins (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Gentleman of Three Ins

In debt, in gaol, and in danger of remaining there for life: or, in gaol, indicted, and in danger of being hanged in chains.

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

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