Drury Lane Vestal (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Drury Lane Vestal

A woman of the town, or prostitute; Drury-lane and its environs were formerly the residence of many of those ladies.

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

Drury Lane Ague * Dry Bob

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Drop
Drop a Cog
Drop In the Eye
Dropping Member
Drop Coves
To Drop Down
To Drub
Drummer
Drunk
Drury Lane Ague
Drury Lane Vestal
Dry Bob
Dry Boots
Dub
Dub Lay
Dub the Jigger
Dub O’ Th’ Hick
Dubber
Duce
Duck
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