To Dangle (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Dangle

To follow a woman without asking the question. Also, to be hanged: I shall see you dangle in the sheriff’s picture frame; I shall see you hanging on the gallows.

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

Dandy Prat * Dangler

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