Flogging Cove (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Flogging Cove

The beadle, or whipper, in Bridewell.

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.

Flogging Cully * Flogging Stake

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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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Flickering
Flicking
To Fling
Flints
Flip
Floating Academy
Floating Hell
To Flog
Flogger
Flogging Cully
Flogging Cove
Flogging Stake
To Floor
Flourish
To Flout
Flummery
Flush In the Pocket
Flustered
Flute
To Flux
Fly