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Quarromes (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Quarromes

Quarron

A body. Cant.

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

Quarrel-picker * Quartered

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.

Quack
Quack-salver
Quacking Cheat
Quag
Quail-pipe
Quakers
Quaking Cheat
Quandary
Quarrel-picker
Quarromes
Quartered
To Quash
Quean
Queen Dick
Queen Street
Queer
Queer As Dick’s Hatband
To Queer
Queer Wedges
Queer Bail