To Flash (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Flash

To shew ostentatiously. To flash one’s ivory; to laugh and shew one’s teeth. Don’t flash your ivory, but shut your potatoe trap, and keep your guts warm; the Devil loves hot tripes.

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

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