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Waterpad (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Waterpad

One that robs ships in the river Thames.

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

Water Bewitched * Watery-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.

Warren
Wash
Wasp
Waspish
Waste
Watch
Water-mill
Water Sneaksman
Water
Water Bewitched
Waterpad
Watery-headed
Water Scriger
Wattles
Wear A—e
Weasel-faced
Wedding
Wedge
To Weed
Weeping Cross
Welch Comb