Body of Divinity bound in Black Calf (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Body of Divinity bound in Black Calf

A parson.

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

Body Snatchers * Bog Lander

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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Blunt
To Bluster
Boarding School
Bob
Bob-1
Bobbed
Bobbish
Bob Stay
Bob Tail
Body Snatchers
Body of Divinity bound in Black Calf
Bog Lander
Bog Trotter
Bog House
Bog Latin
Bogy
Boh
Bold
Bolt
Bolt Upright
To Bolt