Town (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Town

A woman of the town; a prostitute. To be on the town: to live by prostitution.

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

Tower Hill Play * Town Bull

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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Totty-headed
Touch
Touch Bun For Luck
Tovt
Touting
Tow Row
Towel
Tower
To Tower
Tower Hill Play
Town
Town Bull
To Track
Trading Justices
Tradesmen
Translators
To Transmography
To Transnear
Tranter
Trap
Trap Sticks