Sea Lawyer (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Sea Lawyer

A shark.

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

Sea Crab * Sealer

Nearby

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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Scrope
Scrub
Scrubbado
Scull
Scull
Scull Thatcher
Scum
Scut
Scuttle
Sea Crab
Sea Lawyer
Sealer
Secret
Seedy
Sees
Served
Seraglio
Send
Set
Setter
To Settle