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Kissing Crust (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Kissing Crust

That part where the loaves have touched the oven.

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

Kiss Mine A-se * Kit

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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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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.

King’s Plate
King’s Wood Lion
King’s Bad Bargain
King’s Head Inn
King John’s Men
King of the Gypsies
King’s Pictures
Kingdom Come
Kip
Kiss Mine A-se
Kissing Crust
Kit
Kit-cat Club
Kitchen Physic
Kittle Pitchering
Kittys
Knack Shop
Knappers Poll
Knave In Grain
Knight of the Blade
Knight of the Post