Hand (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Hand

A sailor. We lost a hand; we lost a sailor. Bear a hand; make haste. Hand to fist; opposite: the same as tete-a-tete, or cheek by joul.

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

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