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Slippery Chap (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Slippery Chap

One on whom there can be no dependance, a shuffling fellow.

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

Slipgibbet * Slipslops

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.

Slasher
Slat
Slate
Slater’s Pan
Slattern
Sleeping Partner
Sleepy
Sleeveless Errand
Slice
Slipgibbet
Slippery Chap
Slipslops
Slipslopping
Slop
Slops
Slop Seller
Slouch
Slubber De Gullion
Slug
Slug-a-bed
Sluice Your Gob