Rum Gaggers (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Rum Gaggers

Cheats who tell wonderful stories of their sufferings at sea, or when taken by the Algerines, CANT.

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

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

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