Horse Coser (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Horse Coser

A dealer in horses: vulgarly and corruptly pronounced HORSE COURSER. The verb TO COSE was used by the Scots, in the sense of bartering or exchanging.

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

Horse Buss * Horse Godmother

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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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