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Red Ribbin (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Red Ribbin

Brandy.

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

Red Lane * Red Lattice

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.

Reader
Reader Merchants
Ready
Rebus
Receiver General
Reckon
To Recruit
Recruiting Service
Red Fustian
Red Lane
Red Ribbin
Red Lattice
Red Letter Day
Red Rag
Red Sail-yard Dockers
Red Shank
Regulars
Religious Horse
Religious Painter
the Relish
Relish