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Mouse (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Mouse

To speak like a mouse in a cheese; i.e. faintly or indistinctly.

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

Moveables * Mousetrap

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.

Moss
Mossy Face
Mot
Mother
Mother of All Saints
Mother of All Souls
Mother of St
Mother of the Maids
Mouchets
Moveables
Mouse
Mousetrap
Mouth
Mouth-1
To Mow
Mow Heater
Mower
Muck
Muckworm
Muckinder
Mud