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Tiffing (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Tiffing

Eating or drinking out of meal time, disputing or falling out; also lying with a wench, A tiff of punch, a small bowl of punch.

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

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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.

Thwack
Tib
Tibby
Tib of the Buttery
Tick
Tickle Text
Tickle Pitckeb
Tickle Tail
Tickrum
Tidy
Tiffing
Tilbuky
Tilt
Tilter
Tim Whisky
Timber Toe
Tiny
To Tip
Tip-top
Tipperary Fortune
Tipple