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Toss Off (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Toss Off

Manual pollution.

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

Toss Pot * Totty-headed

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.

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
Touch Bun For Luck
Tovt
Touting
Tow Row
Towel
Tower
To Tower
Tower Hill Play