Dead Men (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Dead Men

A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters’ customers; also empty bottles.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Dead-louse * Deadly Nevergreen

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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