parson

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

A guide post, hand or finger post by the road side for directing travellers: compared to a parson, because, like him, it sets people in the right way.

See *guide post. He that would have luck in horse-flesh, must kiss a parson's wife.

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Parson
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Drink about: a Norfolk phrase. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention. Named after an owner or builder. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.