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To Bar the Bubble (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Bar the Bubble

To except against the general rule, that he who lays the odds must always be adjudged the loser: this is restricted to betts laid for liquor.

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

To Bubble * Bubbly Jock

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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.

Brown Madam
Brown Study
Bruiser
Brewes
To Brush
Brusher
Bub
Bubber
the Bubble
To Bubble
To Bar the Bubble
Bubbly Jock
Bubble and Squeak
Bube
Buck
To Run a Buck
Buck Bail
A Buck of the first Head
Buck’s Face
Buck Fitch
Buckeen