Malachi Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) A true gem: https://archive.org/details/aclassicaldicti00grosgoog My favourite so far: Admiral of the Narrow Seas: One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him - sea phrase (To give credit where credit is due, the link to this book was posted by Radetzky over at PA!) Edited February 4, 2016 by Malachi 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Rice Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 lol nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprof739 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 It's comforting how many expressions are still the same after 230 years. As they say the more things change they more they stay the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la Touche-Treville Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Very nice! Not the expression but the book Found it referenced also in a more readable format. For example to not confuse a Noob with a Nob : http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/n/nob.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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