Raffs (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Raffs

An appellation given by the gownsmen of the university of Oxford to the inhabitants of that place.

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

Rackaback * Rag

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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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.