Phos Bottle (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Phos Bottle

A. bottle of phosphorus: used by housebreakers to light their lanthorns. Ding the phos; throw away the bottle of phosphorus.

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

Phoenix-men * Phrase of Paper

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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