Bleeding new (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bleeding new

A metaphor borrowed from fish, which will not bleed when stale.

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

Bleeding Cully * Blessing

Nearby

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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Blarney
A blasted Fellow
To Blast
Blater
Bleached Mort
Bleaters
Bleating Cheat
Bleating Rig
Bleeders
Bleeding Cully
Bleeding new
Blessing
Blind
Blind Cheeks
Blind Excuse
Blind Harpers
Blindman’s Buff
Blind Cupid
Blindman’s Holiday
Block Houses
Blocked at both ends