To Brush (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Brush

To run away. Let us buy a brush and lope; let us go away or off. To have a brush with a woman; to lie with her. To have a brush with a man; to fight with him. The cove cracked the peter and bought a brush; the fellow broke open the trunk, and then ran away.

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

Brewes * Brusher

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