Burning Shame (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Burning Shame

A lighted candle stuck into the parts of a woman, certainly not intended by nature for a candlestick.

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

Burn the Ken * Burner

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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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Bumping
Bun
Bundling
Bung upwards
Bung your eye
Bunt
Bunter
Buntlings
Burn Crust
Burn the Ken
Burning Shame
Burner
Burner-1
Burnt
Burr
Bushel Bubby
Busk
Buss Beggar
Bus-napper
Bus-napper’s Kenchin
Busy