Try On (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Try On

To endeavour. To live by thieving. Coves who try it on; professed thieves.

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

Trusty Trojan * Tryning

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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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To Trounce
Truck
Trull
Trumpery
Trumpet
Trumpeter
Trumps
Trundlers
Trunk
Trusty Trojan
Try On
Tryning
Tu Quoque
Tub Thumper
Tucked Up
Tuft Hunter
Tumbler
To Tune
To Tup
Tup
Tup Running