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Oakum
·noun The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling. II. Oakum ·noun The material obta...

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oakum
[from the Anglo-Saxon æcumbe]. The state into which old ropes are reduced when they are untwisted an...

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Boy
·noun A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. II. Boy ·vt To act as a ...

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teazed oakum
Oakum worked out for caulking. (Tow). ...

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Boy scout
·add. ·- Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. ...

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Sea boy
·- A boy employed on shipboard. ...

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Boy Court
North out of Ludgate Hill at No. 60 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Without. First mention: Elmes, ...

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bingo boy
A dram drinker. Cant. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
damme boy
A roaring, mad, blustering fellow, a scourer of the streets, or kicker up of a breeze. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
ding boy
A rogue, a hector, a bully, or sharper. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
loblolley boy
A nick name for the surgeon's servant on board a man of war, sometimes for the surgeon himself: from...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
nocky boy
A dull simple fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
roaring boy
A noisy, riotous fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
tall boy
A bottle, or two-quart pot. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
gal-boy
In New England, a romping girl; called also a tom-boy. ...

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billy boy or boat
A Humber or east-coast boat, of river-barge build, and a trysail; a bluff-bowed north-country trader...

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cabin-boy
A boy whose duty is to attend and serve the officers and passengers in the cabin. ...

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loblolly-boy
A man who attended the surgeon and his assistants, to summon the sick, and attend on them. A man is ...

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ship-boy
Boys apprenticed to learn their sea-duties, but generally appointed as servants. ...

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chewing of oakum or pitch
When a ship suffers leakage from inefficient caulking. (See seam.) ...

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spueing the oakum
When the ship's labouring forces the caulking out of her seams. ...

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Black Boy Alley
1) North out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the ma...

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Naked Boy Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street, behind No.53, opposite Bread Street Hill (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). ...

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Naked Boy Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Horwood, 1799). Next the Seven S...

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Black Boy Alley, Black Boy Court, Minories
See Golden Fleece Court. ...

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The Black Boy, Watling Street
See Bear and Ragged Staff. ...

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Black Boy and Camel
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, at No.8 (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). Coach office for Essex. ...

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Naked Boy Alley, Court
West out of Little Elbow Lane. In Vintry Ward (Rocque 1746-Boyle, 1799). The site is now occupied b...

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broth of a boy
An excellent, though roystering fellow. ...

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Black Boy Alley, Seething Lane
See Black Dog Alley. ...

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