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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

 

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C**T . The chonnos of the Greek, and the cunnus of the Latin dictionaries; a nasty name for a nasty thing: un con Miege.
CAB . A brothel. Mother: how many tails have you in your cab? how many girls have you in your bawdy house?
CABBAGE . Cloth, stuff, or silk purloined by laylors from their employers, which they deposit in a place called HELL, or their EYE: from the first, when taxed, with their knavery, they equivocally swear, that if they have taken any, they wish they may find it in HELL; or, alluding to the second, protest, that what they have over and above is not more than they could put in their EYE.--When the scrotum is relaxed or whiffled, it is said they will not cabbage.
CACAFEOGO . A sh-te-fire, a furious braggadocio or bully huff.
CACKLE . To blab, or discover secrets. The cull is leaky, and cackles; the rogue tells all. CANT. See LEAKY.
CACKLER . A hen.
CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost. CANT.
CACKLING CHEATS . Fowls. CANT.
CACKLING FARTS . Eggs. CANT.
CADDEE . A helper. An under-strapper.
 
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Guildhall : n. The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.

 
Based on the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence by Francis Grose published originally in 1811
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