To Kick the Bucket (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Kick the Bucket

To die. He kicked the bucket one day: he died one day. To kick the clouds before the hotel door; i.e. to be hanged.

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

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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