harp (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

harp

To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throwing or shooting at random among the crowd. Harp is also the Irish expression for woman, or tail, used in tossing up in Ireland: from Hibernia, being represented with a harp on the reverse of the copper coins of that country; for which it is, in hoisting the copper, i.e. tossing up, sometimes likewise called music.

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

harmans * harridan

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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

hank
hanker
hans in kelder
hard
hard at his a-se
hare
hark-ye-ing
harman
harman beck
harmans
harp
harridan
harry
harum scarum
hash
hasty
hasty pudding
hat
hatches
hatchet face
havil