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BLACK-GUARD,

dirty, nasty, tatterred roguish Boys, that formerly were wont to attend at the Horse-Guards to wipe Shoes, and clean Boots.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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BITE
BLACK and WHITE
BLAB
BLACK-BOX
BLACK-COAT
BLACK-GUARD
BLACK-JACK
BLACK-INDIES
BLACKMUNS
BLACK-SPY
BLANK

Nearby:

Black Guard in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).