Upstarts (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Upstarts

Persons lately raised to honours and riches from mean stations.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Upright Man * Urchin

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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