Black Monday (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Black Monday

The first Monday after the school-boys holidays, or breaking up, when they are to go to school, and produce or repeat the tasks set them.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Black Legs * Black Psalm

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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Black Book
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Black Eye
Black Fly
Black Guard
Black Jack
Black Jack-1
Black Joke
Black Indies
Black Legs
Black Monday
Black Psalm
Black Spice Racket
Black Spy
Black Strap
Blank
Blanket Hornpipe
Blarney
A blasted Fellow
To Blast
Blater