This site is in danger of going away; please consider the Donate link above...

Moon Men (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Moon Men

Gypsies.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Moon-eyed Hen * Moon Rakers

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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

Buy a modern reprint of this book from Amazon CA; US;

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.

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
Morning Drop