Winder (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Winder

Transportation for life. The blowen has napped a winder for a lift; the wench is transported for life for stealing in a shop.

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

Wind * Wind-mill

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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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Wild Squirt
Wild-goose Chase
Willing Tit
Willow
Win
To Win
Wind
Winder
Wind-mill
Windfall
Windmills In the Head
Window Peeper
Windward Passage
Windy
Wink
Winnings
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Winter’s Day