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Gog and Magog (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Gog and Magog

Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a tradition, that, when they hear the clock strike one, on the first of April, they will walk down from their places.

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

Gog * Goggles

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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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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.

Go Between
Go By the Ground
Go Shop
Goads
Goat
Gob
Gob String
Gobbler
Godfather
Gog
Gog and Magog
Goggles
Going Upon the Dub
Gold Droppers
Gold Finder
Goldfinch
Golgotha Or the Place of Sculls
Gollumpus
Goloshes
Good Man
Good Woman