Screen (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Screen

A bank note. Queer screens; forged bank notes. The cove was twisted for smashing queer screens; the fellow was hanged for uttering forged bank notes.

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

Scratch Platter * Screw

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Scragged
Scraggy
Scragg’em Fair
Scrap
Scrape
Scraper
Scraping
Scratch
Scratch Land
Scratch Platter
Screen
Screw
To Screw
Screw Jaws
Scrip
Scroby
Scrope
Scrub
Scrubbado
Scull
Scull