Pimp (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Pimp

A male procurer, or cock bawd; also a small faggot used about London for lighting fires, named from introducing the fire to the coals.

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

Pillaloo * Pimp Whiskin

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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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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
Pinchers
To Pink