To Cut Bene (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Cut Bene

To speak gently. To cut bene whiddes; to give good words. To cut queer whiddes; to give foul language. To cut a bosh, or a flash; to make a figure. CANT.

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

To Cut * To Cutty-eye

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