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Screw Jaws (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Screw Jaws

A wry-mouthed man or woman.

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

To Screw * Scrip

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.

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Scrape
Scraper
Scraping
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Scratch Land
Scratch Platter
Screen
Screw
To Screw
Screw Jaws
Scrip
Scroby
Scrope
Scrub
Scrubbado
Scull
Scull
Scull Thatcher
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