Greek (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Greek

St. Giles’s Greek; the slang lingo, cant, or gibberish.

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

Greedy Guts * Green

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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Granny
Grapple the Rails
Grappling Irons
Grave Digger
Gravy-eyed
To Grease
Greasy Chin
Great Intimate
Great Joseph
Greedy Guts
Greek
Green
Green-1
Green Bag
Green Gown
Green Sickness
Greenhead
Greenhorn
Greenwich Barbers
Greenwich Goose
Gregorian Tree