To Speak With (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Speak With

To rob. I spoke with the cull on the cherry-coloured prancer; I robbed the man on the black horse. Cant.

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

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