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Ship Shape (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Ship Shape

Proper, as it ought to be. SEA PHRASE,

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

Shine * Sh-t Sack

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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.

Sheriff’s Hotel
Sheriff’s Picture Frame
To Sherk
To Sherry
Shifting
Shifting Ballast
Shillaley
Shilly-shally
Shindy
Shine
Ship Shape
Sh-t Sack
Sh-t-ng Through the Teeth
Shod All Round
Shoemaker’s Stocks
To Shoole
To Shoot the Cat
Shop
Shoplifter
Short-heeled Wench
Shot