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Weeping Cross (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Weeping Cross

To come home by weeping cross; to repent.

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

To Weed * Welch Comb

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.

Water Bewitched
Waterpad
Watery-headed
Water Scriger
Wattles
Wear A—e
Weasel-faced
Wedding
Wedge
To Weed
Weeping Cross
Welch Comb
Welch Fiddle
Welch Mile
Welch Rabbit
Welch Ejectment
To Well
Well-hung
Westminster Wedding
Wet Parson
Wet Quaker