Sh-t-ng Through the Teeth (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Sh-t-ng Through the Teeth

Vomiting. Hark ye, friend, have you got a padlock on your a-se, that you sh-te through your teeth? Vulgar address to one vomiting.

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

Sh-t Sack * Shod All Round

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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.