Bulk and File (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bulk and File

Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.

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

Bugger * Bulker

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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