Rank (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Rank

Stinking, rammish, ill-flavoured; also strong, great. A rank knave; a rank coward: perhaps the latter may allude to an ill savour caused by fear.

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

Rangling * Rank Rider

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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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Ram Cat
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Rank
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Rat