Least In Sight (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Least In Sight

To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one’s self scarce.

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

Leaping Over the Sword * Leather

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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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Lawful Blanket
Lay
Laystall
Lazy
Lazy Man’s Load
Lazybones
Leaf
To Leak
Leaky
Leaping Over the Sword
Least In Sight
Leather
Leery
Left-handed Wife
Leg
Leggers
Lenten Fare
Letch
Levite
To Lib
Libbege