Sheriff’s Ball (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Sheriff’s Ball

An execution. To dance at the sheriff’s ball, and loll out one’s tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse’s night-cap, i.e. a halter.

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

Sheriff’s Journeyman * Sheriff’s Bracelets

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Shaver
Shavings
She House
She Lion
She Napper
Sheep’s Head
Sheepish
Sheepskin Fiddler
Shelf
Sheriff’s Journeyman
Sheriff’s Ball
Sheriff’s Bracelets
Sheriff’s Hotel
Sheriff’s Picture Frame
To Sherk
To Sherry
Shifting
Shifting Ballast
Shillaley
Shilly-shally
Shindy