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Pill (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Pill

Peele Garlick

Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly the venereal one; but now commonly used by persons speaking of themselves: as, there stood poor pill garlick: i.e. there stood I.

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

Pilgrim’s Salve * Pillaloo

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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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.

Piece
Pig
Pig-1
Pig-headed
Pig Running
Pigeon
Pigeons
Pigeon’s Milk
To Pike
Pilgrim’s Salve
Pill
Pillaloo
Pimp
Pimp Whiskin
Pimple
Pin
Pin Basket
Pin Money
Pinch
Pinch-1
To Pinch On the Parson’s Side