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Moon-eyed Hen (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Moon-eyed Hen

A squinting wench.

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

Mooncurser * Moon Men

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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.

Moll Thompson’s Mark
Molly
Monday
Money
Money Droppers
Mongrel
Monks and Friars
Monkey
Monosyllable
Mooncurser
Moon-eyed Hen
Moon Men
Moon Rakers
Moonshine
Mop
To Mop Up
Moped
Mopsey
Mopsqueezer
Mopusses
Morglag