Quick and Nimble (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Quick and Nimble

More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or errand that requires dispatch.

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

To Quibble * Quid

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

Buy a modern reprint of this book from Amazon CA; US;

Queer Ken
Queer Kicks
Queer Mort
Queer Nab
Queer Plungers
Queer Prancer
Queer Rooster
Queer Street
Quitam
To Quibble
Quick and Nimble
Quid
Quids
Quiffing
Quidnunc
Quill Driver
Quim
Quinsey
Quipps
Quire
Quirks and Quillets