whistling shop | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Whistling
·- ·adj & ·noun from Whistle, v. II. Whistling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Whistle>>. ...

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Shop
·- imp. of Shape. Shaped. II. Shop ·vi To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. III. Sh...

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shop
A prison. Shopped; confined, imprisoned. ...

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whistling dick
n. Tasmanian name for a Shrike-Thrush. Called also Duke – Willy. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Austral...

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whistling duck
n. See duck. The birdnamed below by Leichhardt appears to be a mistake; vide Gould'slist at word Du...

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Bucket shop
·- An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stock...

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Shop talk
·add. ·- discussion about a matters pertaining to person's occupation; — often used of such discuss...

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buttocking shop
A brothel. ...

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go shop
The Queen's Head in Duke's court, Bow street, Covent Garden; frequented by the under players: where ...

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gospel shop
A church. ...

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ironmonger's shop
To keep an ironmonger's shop by the side of a common, where the sheriff sets one up; to be hanged in...

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knack shop
A toy-shop, a nick-nack-atory. ...

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nyp shop
The Peacock in Gray's Inn Lane, where Burton ale is sold in nyps. ...

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pantile shop
A presbyterian, or other dissenting meeting house, frequently covered with pantiles: called also a c...

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schism shop
A dissenting meeting house. ...

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slop-shop
A place where slop-clothing is sold. ...

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slop-shop
A place where ready-made clothing for seamen is sold, not at all advantageously to Jack. ...

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apple dumplin shop
A woman's bosom. ...

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bow-wow shop
A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. Se...

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slap-bang shop
A petty cook's shop, where there is no credit given, but what is had must be paid DOWN WITH THE READ...

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Long Shop in Cheap
A long shop or shed encroaching on the high street before the wall of St. Peter's church in Cheap wa...

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hand and pocket shop
An eating house, where ready money is paid for what is called for. ...

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two to one shop
A pawnbroker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being tw...

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whistling psalms to the taffrail
Expending advice to no purpose. ...

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