This site is in danger of going away; please consider the Donate link above...

Snap Dragon (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Snap Dragon

A Christmas gambol: raisins and almonds being put into a bowl of brandy, and the candles extinguished, the spirit is set on fire, and the company scramble for the raisins.

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

Snakesman * To Snap the Glaze

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

Buy a modern reprint of this book from Amazon CA; US;

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.

Smuggling Ken
To Smush
Smut
Smut-1
Snack
To Snabble
Snaffler
To Snaffle
Snaggs
Snakesman
Snap Dragon
To Snap the Glaze
Snappers
Snapt
Snatch Cly
Sneak
Sneaker
Sneaking Budge
Sneaksby
Sneering
Snicker