Poisoned (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Poisoned

Big with child: that wench is poisoned, see how her belly is swelled. Poison-pated: red-haired.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Point * Poke

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