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Gift of the Gab (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Gift of the Gab

A facility of speech.

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

Gifts * Gigg

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.

Gentry Mort
George
German Duck
Get
Gib Cat
Gibberish
Gibbe
Giblets
Gibson
Gifts
Gift of the Gab
Gigg
Gigger
To Giggle
Giles’s
Gilflurt
Gill
Gills
Gilly Gaupus
Gilt
Gimblet-eyed