Painter (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Painter

I’ll cut your painter for you; I’ll send you off; the painter being the ropfe that holds the boat fast to the ship. SEA TERM.

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

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