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Leery (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Leery

On one’s guard. See Peery.

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

Leather * Left-handed Wife

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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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.

Laystall
Lazy
Lazy Man’s Load
Lazybones
Leaf
To Leak
Leaky
Leaping Over the Sword
Least In Sight
Leather
Leery
Left-handed Wife
Leg
Leggers
Lenten Fare
Letch
Levite
To Lib
Libbege
Libben
Libken