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Pompkin (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Pompkin

A man or woman of Boston in America: from, the number of pompkins raised and eaten by the people of that country. Pompkinshire; Boston and its dependencies.

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

Pompaginis * Poney

Nearby

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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About

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.

Poisoned
Poke
Poker
Pole
Polish
Poll
Polt
To Pommel
Pomp
Pompaginis
Pompkin
Poney
Pontius Pilate
Pope
Pope’s Nose
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Poplers
Pork
Porker
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