A dictionary. A country lad, having been reproved for calling persons by their christian names, being sent by his master to borrow a dictionary, thought to shew his breeding by asking for a Richard Snary.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Rich Face * RiderNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes