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Truck (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Truck

To exchange, swop, or barter; also a wheel such as ship’s guns are placed upon.

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

To Trounce * Trull

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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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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.

Trinkets
Trip
Tripe
To Troll
Trolly Lolly
Trollop
Trooper
Trot
Trotters
To Trounce
Truck
Trull
Trumpery
Trumpet
Trumpeter
Trumps
Trundlers
Trunk
Trusty Trojan
Try On
Tryning