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Such a Reason Pist My Goose (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Such a Reason Pist My Goose

My Goose Pist

Said when any one offers an absurd reason.

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

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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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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.

Strum
To Strum
Strumpet
Stub-faced
Stubble It
Stuling Ken
Stum
Stumps
Sturdy Beggars
Successfully
Such a Reason Pist My Goose
Suck
To Suck
Sucking Chicken
Suds
Sugar Stick
Sugar Sops
Sulky
Sun
Sunburnt
Sunday Man