Beggar’s Bullets (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Beggar’s Bullets

Stones. The beggar’s bullets began to fly, i.e. they began to throw stones.

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

Beggar Maker * Beilby’s Ball

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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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Beck
Bed
Bedfordshire
Bedizened
Bed-Maker
Beef
Beef Eater
Beetle-browed
Beetle-headed
Beggar Maker
Beggar’s Bullets
Beilby’s Ball
Belch
Belcher
Bell
To bear the Bell
Bellows
Bellower
Bellowser
Belly
Bellyfull