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Hubble De Shuff (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Hubble De Shuff

Confusedly. To fire hubble de shuff, to fire quick and irregularly. OLD Military term.

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

Hubble-bubble * Hubbub

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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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.

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