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Shoulder Feast (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Shoulder Feast

A dinner given after a funeral, to those who have carried the corpse.

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

Shovel * Shoulder Clapper

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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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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.

To Shoole
To Shoot the Cat
Shop
Shoplifter
Short-heeled Wench
Shot
Shotten Herring
To Shove the Tumbler
Shove In the Mouth
Shovel
Shoulder Feast
Shoulder Clapper
Shoulder Sham
Shred
Shrimp
To Shuffle
Shy Cock
Sice
Sick As a Horse
Side Pocket
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