bawdy basket | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Bawdy
·adj Obscene; filthy; unchaste. II. Bawdy ·adj Dirty; foul; — said of clothes. ...

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Basket
·vt To put into a basket. II. Basket ·noun The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. III. Basket...

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Basket
There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: 1) A basket (Heb. sal,...

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basket
An exclamation frequently made use of in cock-pits, at cock-fightings, where persons refusing or una...

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basket
In field-works, baskets or corbeilles are used, to be filled with earth, and placed by one another, ...

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Basket
The Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal, so called from the...

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Basket ball
·add. ·- A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to ...

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Buck-basket
·noun A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. ...

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Basket Makers
In 3 Ed. IV. they were allowed to have shops only in the Manor of Blanch Appleton (S. 151). The 52n...

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basket-making
The good old trade of basket-making; copulation, or making feet for children's stockings. ...

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bread basket
The stomach; a term used by boxers. I took him a punch in his bread basket; i.e. I gave him a blow i...

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pin basket
The youngest child. ...

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basket-fence
n. Local name for a stake-hedge. See quotation. 1872. G. S. Baden-Powell, `New Homes for the Old C...

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ballast-basket
Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast. Supplied to the gunner for ...

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basket-fish
A name for several species of Euryale; a kind of star-fish, the arms of which divide and subdivide m...

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basket-hilt
The guard continued up the hilt of a cutlass, so as to protect the whole hand from injury. ...

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bawdy-house bottle
A very small bottle; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses, t...

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hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...

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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger. ...

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