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Quids (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Quids

Cash, money. Can you tip me any quids? can you lend me some money?

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

Quid * Quiffing

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.

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
Quiz
Quod