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To Smoke (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Smoke

To observe, to suspect.

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

Smock-faced * Smoker

Nearby

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.

Smear
Smear Gelt
Smeller
Smelling Cheat
Smelts
Smicket
Smirk
Smiter
Smithfield Bargain
Smock-faced
To Smoke
Smoker
Smoky
Smouch
Smous
Smug
Smug Lay
Smuggling Ken
To Smush
Smut
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