Turf (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Turf

On the turf; persons who keep running horses, or attend and bet at horse-races, are said to be on the turf.

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

T—d * Turk

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