1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueGrose, Francis
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Grose, Francis
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DOMMERER. A beggar pretending that his tongue has been
cutout by the Algerines, or cruel and blood-thirsty Turks,
or else that he yas born deaf and dumb. Cant.
DONE, or DONE OVER. Robbed: also, convicted or hanged.
Cant.--See DO.
DONE UP. Ruined by gaming and extravagances. Modern
Term.
DONKEY, DONKEY DICK. A he, or jack ass: called donkey,
perhaps, from the Spanish or don-like gravity of
that animal, intitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter.
DOODLE. A silly fellow, or noodle: see NOODLE. Also a
child's penis. Doodle doo, or Cock a doodle doo; a
childish appellation for a cock, in imitation of its note
when crowing.
DOODLE SACK. A bagpipe. Dutch.--Also the private parts
of a woman.
DOPEY. A beggar's trull.
DOT AND GO ONE. To waddle: generally applied to persons
who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the
sea phrase is, go upon an uneven keel. Also a jeering
appellation for an inferior writing-master, or teacher of
arithmetic.
DOUBLE. To tip any one the double; to run away in his or
her debt.
DOUBLE JUGG. A man's backside. Cotton's Virgil.
DOVE-TAIL. A species of regular answer, which fits into
the subject, like the contrivance whence it takes its name:
Ex. Who owns this? The dovetail is, Not you by your
asking.
DOUGLAS. Roby Douglas, with one eye and a stinking
breath; the breech. Sea wit.
DOWDY. A coarse, vulgar-looking woman.
DOWN HILLS. Dice that run low.
DOWN. Aware of a thing. Knowing it. There is NO DOWN.
A cant phrase used by house-breakers to signify that the
persons belonging to any house are not on their guard,
or that they are fast asleep, and have not heard any noise
to alarm them.
TO DOWSE. To take down: as, Dowse the pendant. Dowse
your dog vane; take the cockade out of your hat. Dowse
the glim; put out the candle.
DOWSE ON THE CHOPS. A blow in the face.
DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR.
DOXIES. She beggars, wenches, whores.
DRAB. A nasty, sluttish whore.
DRAG. To go on the drag; to follow a cart or waggon, in
order to rob it. CANT.
DRAG LAY. Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons.
DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are
bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the
female sex, to signify a slattern.
DRAGOONING IT. A man who occupies two branches of
one profession, is said to dragoon it; because, like the
soldier of that denomination, he serves in a double capacity.
Such is a physician who furnishes the medicines, and
compounds his own prescriptions.
DRAIN. Gin: so called from the diuretic qualities imputed
to that liquor.
DRAM. A glass or small measure of any spirituous liquors,
which, being originally sold by apothecaries, were estimated
by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram; to spit in
his mouth, and clap his back.
DRAM-A-TICK. A dram served upon credit.
DRAPER. An ale draper; an alehouse keeper.
DRAUGHT, or BILL, ON THE PUMP AT ALDGATE. A bad
or false bill of exchange. See ALDGATE.
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