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Line (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Line

To get a man into a line, i.e. to divert his attention by a ridiculous or absurd story. To humbug.

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

Line of the Old Author * Lingo

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.

Lightning
Likeness
Liliputian
Lily White
Lily Shallow
Limbs
Limb of the Law
Limbo
To Line
Line of the Old Author
Line
Lingo
Linen Armourers
Lion
Liquor
Little Barbary
Little Breeches
Little Clergyman
Little Ease
Little Snakesman
Live Lumber