Porridge (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Porridge

Keep your breath to cool your porridge; i. e. held your tongue.

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

Porker * Porridge Island

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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