Nightingale (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Nightingale

A soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew a bullet.

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

Night Magistrate * Nightman

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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