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To Cat (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Cat

Shoot the Cat

To vomit from drunkenness.

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

Cat-Heads * Cat and Bagpipean Society

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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.

Carvel’s Ring
To Cascade
Case
Case Vrow
Cash
Caster
Castor
Casting up one’s Accounts
Cat
Cat-Heads
To Cat
Cat and Bagpipean Society
Cat Call
Cat harping Fashion
Cat in Pan
Cat’s Foot
Cat Lap
Cat Match
Cat of nine Tails
Cat’s Paw
Cat’s Sleep