Kid (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Kid

A little dapper fellow. A child. The blowen has napped the kid. The girl is with child.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Kickshaws * To Kid

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