Curry (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Curry

To curry favour; to obtain the favour of a person [by] coaxing or servility. To curry any one’s hide; to beat him.

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

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