Solo Player (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Solo Player

A miserable performer on any instrument, who always plays alone, because no one will stay in the room to hear him.

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

Solfa * Solomon

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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