Walking Up Against the Wall (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Walking Up Against the Wall

To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar.

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

Walking the Plank * Wall

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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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To Waddle
Wag
Waggish
Wagtail
Waits
Wake
Walking Cornet
Walking Poulterer
Walking Stationer
Walking the Plank
Walking Up Against the Wall
Wall
To Wap
Wapper-eyed
Ware
Ware Hawk
Warm
Warming-pan
Warren
Wash
Wasp