Wet Quaker (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Wet Quaker

One of that sect who has no objection to the spirit derived from wine.

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.

Wet Parson * Whack

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