Sheriff’s Picture Frame (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Sheriff’s Picture Frame

The gallows.

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

Sheriff’s Hotel * To Sherk

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Shelf
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Sheriff’s Ball
Sheriff’s Bracelets
Sheriff’s Hotel
Sheriff’s Picture Frame
To Sherk
To Sherry
Shifting
Shifting Ballast
Shillaley
Shilly-shally
Shindy
Shine
Ship Shape
Sh-t Sack