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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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