court of assistants (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

court of assistants

A court often applied to by young women who marry old men.

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

court holy water * cow

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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

covent garden nun
coventry
covey
to couch a hogshead
counterfeit crank
country harry
country put
county work
court card
court holy water
court of assistants
cow
cow juice
cow’s baby
cow’s courant
cow-handed
cow-hearted
cow itch
cow’s spouse
cow’s thumb
coxcomb