Scottish New Year--a poem
From ''New Year’s morning, in Edinburgh; and Auld Handsel Monday, in the country: two poems in the . . . revelry, and Leith [in Edinburgh] races "Wha's canty sangs dis kill our care, Whose lively songs makes . . .
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abbreviations
From ''The Complete Young Man's Companion; or, Self Instructer'', pp24-6, 1800. '''''Of'' ABBREVIATIONS.''' . . . Buckinghamshire C. Cent. Centum, an Hundred Cant. Canticles, Canterbury Capt. Captain Cat. Catechism . . .
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cant
[[thesaurus]] Probably the least satisfactory of all the categories in the thesaurus. . . .
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parish law on husbands and wives
: From ''The present practice of a justice of the peace; and a complete library of parish law'', vol . . . by special licence from the archbishop of ''Canterbury'') or without publication of bans, or licence, . . .
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thesaurus--areas known for bawdy houses and prostitution
DRURY LANE VESTAL. A woman of the town, or prostitute: Drury-lane, and its environs, were formerly the . . . HATCH. To go to the manor of pickt hatch; a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy-houses . . .
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thesaurus--bawds
BAWD. A female procuress. AUNT. Mine aunt; a bawd or procuress; a title of eminence for the senior dells, . . . midwives, &c. for the dells. ''Cant''. See DELLS. ABBESS, or LADY ABBESS. A bawd, . . . the mistress of a brothel. FEN. A bawd. ''Cant''. [For all meanings see FEN] COVENT GARDEN ABBESS. . . . bawd. BUTTOCK BROKER. A bawd, or match-maker. ''Cant''. FLESH BROKER. A match-maker, a bawd. MACKEREL. . . .
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thesaurus--bawdy houses
ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL. A brothel. [For all meanings see ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL] PUSHING SCHOOL. . . . HOUSE. A brothel. CORINTH. A bawdy-house. ''Cant''. BORDELLO. A bawdy-house. CAVAULTING SCHOOL. . . .
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thesaurus--common prostitutes
CAT. A common prostitute. [For all meanings see CAT] FEN. A common prostitute. ''Cant''. [For all meanings . . .
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thesaurus--common whores
BUTTOCK AND FILE. A common whore and a pickpocket. ''Cant''. BUTTOCK AND TWANG, or A DOWN BUTTOCK AND . . .
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thesaurus--easy women
GIGGLERS. Wanton women. [For all meanings see GIGGLE] WAGTAIL. A lewd woman. LADYBIRDS. Light or lewd . . . meanings see QUEAN] DELL. A common strumpet. ''Cant''. [For all meanings see DELLS] QUEER MORT. A . . . diseased strumpet. ''Cant''. DIRTY PUZZLE. A nasty slut. FUSTY LUGGS. A . . . any of the fraternity. Also a common strumpet. ''Cant''. [For all meanings see DELLS] . . .
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thesaurus--infected prostitutes and whores
QUEER MORT. A diseased strumpet. ''Cant''. WASP. An infected prostitute, who like a wasp carries a sting . . .
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thesaurus--miscellaneous loose women and prostitutes
DELLS. Young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery, but who have not lost their virginity, which the . . . any of the fraternity. Also a common strumpet. ''Cant''. GOOD WOMAN. A nodescript, represented on a . . .
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thesaurus--mistresses
PECULIAR. A mistress. CONVENIENT. A mistress. ''Cant''. MADAM. A kept madam; a kept mistress. MISS. A . . .
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thesaurus--particularly undesirable prostitutes and whores
HEDGE WHORE or STAR GAZER. An itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy-houses, by disposing . . . A BLASTED BRIMSTONE. An abandoned prostitute. ''Cant''. [For all meanings see A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE] . . .
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thesaurus--whores in general
BUTTOCK. A whore. ''Cant''. SAD CATTLE. Whores. [For all meanings see CATTLE] COVEY. A collection of . . . all meanings see DOXIES] MADAM RAN. A whore. ''Cant''. MOLL. A whore. PUNK. A whore. [For all meanings . . .
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