Herring Pond (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Herring Pond

The sea. To cross the herring pond at the king’s expence; to be transported.

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

Herring Gutted * Hertfordshire Kindness

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Hemp
Hempen Fever
Hempen Widow
Hen-hearted
Hen House
Henpecked
Hen
Here and Thereian
Herring
Herring Gutted
Herring Pond
Hertfordshire Kindness
Hick
Hickenbothom
Hickey
Hide and Seek
Hidebound
Higgledy Piggledy
High Eating
High Flyers
High Jinks