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Slush (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Slush

Greasy dish-water, or the skimmings of a pot where fat meat has been boiled.

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

Slur * Slush Bucket

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.

Slipslopping
Slop
Slops
Slop Seller
Slouch
Slubber De Gullion
Slug
Slug-a-bed
Sluice Your Gob
Slur
Slush
Slush Bucket
Sly Boots
Smabbled
To Smack
Smacksmooth
Smacking Cove
Small Clothes
Smart
Smart Money
Smasher