Wheelband In the Nick (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Wheelband In the Nick

Regular drinking over the left thumb.

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

Wheedle * Whelp

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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