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Strip Me Naked (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Strip Me Naked

Gin.

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

Strike * Stroke

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.

Strammel
Stranger
Strangle Goose
To Strap
Strapper
Strapping
Straw
Stretch
Stretching
Strike
Strip Me Naked
Stroke
Strollers
Strommel
Strong Man
Strum
To Strum
Strumpet
Stub-faced
Stubble It
Stuling Ken