Monks and Friars (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Monks and Friars

Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars, those letters where the ink has failed touching the type, which are therefore white or faint.

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

Mongrel * Monkey

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Moll
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Monday
Money
Money Droppers
Mongrel
Monks and Friars
Monkey
Monosyllable
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Moon Men
Moon Rakers
Moonshine
Mop
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