Helter Skelter (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Helter Skelter

To run helter skelter, hand over head, in defiance of order.

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

Hell Fire Dick * Hemp

Nearby

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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