1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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or murdering him.
TO BLUBBER. To cry. TO SPORT BLUBBER. Said of a large coarse woman, who exposes her bosom. BLUBBER CHEEKS. Large flaccid cheeks, hanging like the fat or blubber of a whale. BLUE, To look blue; to be confounded, terrified, or disappointed. Blue as a razor; perhaps, blue as azure. BLUE BOAR. A venereal bubo. BLUE DEVILS. Low spirits. BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE. BLUE PIGEONS. Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses or churches. BLUE PLUMB. A bullet.--Surfeited with a blue plumb; wounded with a bullet. A sortment of George R--'s blue plumbs; a volley of ball, shot from soldiers' firelocks. |
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