Topping Cove (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Topping Cove

The hangman. Cant.

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

Topping Cheat * Topping Man

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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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Topper
Top Ropes
To Top
Top Diver
Top Heavy
Top Lights
Top Sail
Toper
Topping Fellow
Topping Cheat
Topping Cove
Topping Man
Tofsy-turvy
Torchecul
Tormenter of Sheep Skin
Tormenter of Catgut
Tory
Toss Pot
Toss Off
Totty-headed
Touch