Blow-up (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Blow-up

A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one.

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

To Blow the Gab * a Blowse

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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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Blood Money
Bloody Back
Bloody
Bloss
To Blot the Skrip and jar it
Blow
Blowen
Blower
To Blow the Grounsils
To Blow the Gab
Blow-up
a Blowse
Blubber
To Blubber
To sport Blubber
Blubber Cheeks
Blue
Blue Boar
Blue Devils
Blue Flag
Blue Pigeons