To Sing Small (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Sing Small

To be humbled, confounded, or abashed, to have little or nothing to say for one’s-self.

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

To Sing * Single Peeper

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