Jingle Boxes (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Jingle Boxes

Leathern jacks tipped with silver, and hung with bells, formerly in use among fuddle caps. CANT.

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.

Jilted * Jingle Brains

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