Persuaders (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Persuaders

Spurs. The kiddey clapped his persuaders to his prad but the traps boned him; the highwayman spurred his horse hard, but the officers seized him.

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

Perriwinkle * Pet

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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