Fortune Teller (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Fortune Teller

Cunning Man

A judge, who tells every prisoner his fortune, lot or doom. To go before the fortune teller, lambskin men, or conjuror; to be tried at an assize. See Lambskin Men.

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

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