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Jowl (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Jowl

The cheek. Cheek by jowl; close together, or cheek to cheek. My eyes how the cull sucked the blowen’s jowl; he kissed the wench handsomely.

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

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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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