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Post Nointer (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Post Nointer

A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one ready to swear any thing for hire. From post to pillar; backwards and forwards.

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

Post Master General * Postilion of the Gospel

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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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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.

Pope’s Nose
Pops
Poplers
Pork
Porker
Porridge
Porridge Island
Posey
Posse Mobilitatis
Post Master General
Post Nointer
Postilion of the Gospel
Pot
Pot-1
Pot Converts
Pot Hunter
Potatoe Trap
Pothooks and Hangeks
Pot-wabblers
Poulain
Poulterer