Warren (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Warren

One that is security for goods taken up on credit by extravagant young gentlemen. Cunny warren; a girl’s boarding-school, also a bawdy-house.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

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