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Sweetness (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Sweetness

Guinea droppers, cheats, sharpers. To sweeten to decoy, or draw in. To be sweet upon; to coax, wheedle, court, or allure. He seemed sweet upon that wench; he seemed to court that girl.

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

Sweet Heart * Swell

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.

Swabbers
Swad
To Swaddle
Swaddlers
Swag
Swagger
Swannery
Sweating
Sweet
Sweet Heart
Sweetness
Swell
Swelled Head
Swig
Swigmen
To Swill
Swill Tub
Swimmer
Swimmer-1
To Swing
Swing Tail