bum brusher | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Brusher
·noun One who, or that which, brushes. ...

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brusher
A bumper, a full glass. See bumper. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
brusher
n. a Bushman's name, in certain parts,for a small wallaby which hops about in the bush or scrub wit...

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Bum
·noun A humming noise. II. Bum ·noun The <<Buttock>>. III. Bum (·vi) To make murmuring or humming ...

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bum
the breech, or backside. TO BUM To arrest a debtor. The gill bummed the swell for a thimble; the t...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bum trap
A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors. Ware hawke! the bum traps are fly to our panney; keep a goo...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bum bailiff
A sheriff's officer, who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at th...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bum boat
A boat attending ships to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating ch...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bum fodder
Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
johnny bum
A he or jack ass: so called by a lady that affected to be extremely polite and modest, who would not...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bum-boat
A boat employed to carry provisions, vegetables, and small merchandise for sale to ships, either in ...

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