Button (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Button

A bad shilling, among coiners. His a-se makes buttons; he is ready to bewray himself through fear. Cant.

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

Buttocking Shop * Buzman

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