Starve’em (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Starve’em

ROB’EM, AND CHEAT’EM. Stroud, Rochester, and Chatham; so called by soldiers and sailors, and not without good reason.

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

Starter * Star Lag

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