Old Doss (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Old Doss

Bridewell.

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

Old Toast * Oliver’s Scull

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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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Old Hand
Old Harry
Old Ding
Old Mr
Old Nick
Old One
Old Pegg
Old Poger
Old Stager
Old Toast
Old Doss
Oliver’s Scull
Olli Compolli
Omnium Gatherum
One In Ten
One of Us
Onion
Open Arse
Optime
Organ
Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy