1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Author:Francis Grose [Grose, Francis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries
Published: 2011-01-11T20:32:23+00:00
KEEL BULLIES. Men employed to load and unload the coal
vessels.
KEELHAULING. A punishment in use among the Dutch seamen, in which, for certain offences, the delinquent is drawn once, or oftener, under the ship's keel: ludicrously defined, undergoing a great hard-ship.
TO KEEP. To inhabit. Lord, where do you keep? i.e. where are your rooms? ACADEMICAL PHRASE. Mother, your tit won't keep; your daughter will not preserve her virginity.
TO KEEP IT UP. To prolong a debauch. We kept it up
finely last night; metaphor drawn from the game of shuttle-cock.
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