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To Shuffle (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Shuffle

To make use of false pretences, or unfair shifts. A shuffling fellow; a slippery shifting fellow.

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

Shrimp * Shy Cock

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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.

Shot
Shotten Herring
To Shove the Tumbler
Shove In the Mouth
Shovel
Shoulder Feast
Shoulder Clapper
Shoulder Sham
Shred
Shrimp
To Shuffle
Shy Cock
Sice
Sick As a Horse
Side Pocket
Sidledywry
Sign of a House To Let
Sign of The
Silence
Silent Flute
Silk Snatchers