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Gunner’s Daughter (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Gunner’s Daughter

To kiss the gunner’s daughter; to be tied to a gun and flogged on the posteriors; a mode of punishing boys on board a ship of war.

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

Gundiguts * Gunpowder

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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.

Gruts
Gudgeon
Gull
Gulled
Gullgropers
Gum
Gummy
Gumption
Gun
Gundiguts
Gunner’s Daughter
Gunpowder
Guts
Guts and Garbage
Gutfoundered
Gut Scraper
Gutter Lane
Gutting a Quart Pot
Guy
Guzzle
Guzzle Guts