Long Tongued (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Long Tongued

Loquacious, not able to keep a secret. He is as long-tongued as Granny: Granny was an idiot who could lick her own eye. See Granny.

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

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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