Office (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Office

To give the office; to give information, or make signs to the officers to take a thief.

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

Odd-come-shortlys * Ogles

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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Oafish
Oak
Oats
Oaths
Oar
Obstropulous
Occupy
Oddfellows
Odds Plut and Her Nails
Odd-come-shortlys
Office
Ogles
Oil of Barley
Oil of Gladness
Oil of Stirrup
Oi Poaaoi
Old
Old Dog At It
Old Hand
Old Harry
Old Ding