1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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TO BITCH. To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the tea- table, performing a female part: bitch there standing for woman, species for genius. BITCH BOOBY. A country wench. Military term. BITE. A cheat; also a woman's privities. The cull wapt the mort's bite; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily. Cant. TO BITE. To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to the humbug. An instance of it is given in the Spectator: A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a surgeon rather below the market price, on receiving the money, cried, A bite! I am to be hanged in chains.--To bite the roger; to steal a portmanteau. To bite the wiper, to steal a handkerchief. To bite on the bridle; to be pinched or reduced to difficulties. Hark ye, friend, whether do they bite in the collar or the cod-piece? Water wit to anglers. BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her a-se; a lascivious, rampant wench. BLAB. A tell-tale, or one incapable of keeping a secret BLACK AND WHITE. In writing. I have it in black and |
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