1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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TO BLOT THE SKRIP AND JAR IT. To stand engaged or bound for any one. Cant. BLOW. He has bit the blow, i.e. he has stolen the goods. Cant. BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch. BLOWER. A pipe. How the swell funks his blower and lushes red tape; what a smoke the gentleman makes with his pipe, and drinks brandy. TO BLOW THE GROUNSILS. To lie with a woman on the floor. Cant. TO BLOW THE GAB. To confess, or impeach a confederate. Cant. BLOW-UP. A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one. A BLOWSE, or BLOWSABELLA. A woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern. BLUBBER. The mouth.--I have stopped the cull's blubber; I have stopped the fellow's mouth, meant either by gagging |
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