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To Soak (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Soak

To drink. An old soaker; a drunkard, one that moistens his clay to make it stick together.

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

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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.

Snout
Snowball
To Snub
Snub Devil
Snub Nose
Snudge
Snuff
To Snuffle
Snuffles
Snug
To Soak
Socket Money
Soldier’s Bottle
Soldier’s Mawnd
Soldier’s Pomatum
Soldier
Solfa
Solo Player
Solomon
Son of Prattlement
Song