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Strong Man (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Strong Man

To play the part of the strong man, i.e. to push the cart and horses too; to be whipt at the cart’s tail.

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

Strommel * Strum

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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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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.

Strapper
Strapping
Straw
Stretch
Stretching
Strike
Strip Me Naked
Stroke
Strollers
Strommel
Strong Man
Strum
To Strum
Strumpet
Stub-faced
Stubble It
Stuling Ken
Stum
Stumps
Sturdy Beggars
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