The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue dates from 1811 and this is probably the only full, uncensored and searchable version of this dictionary on the internet. All the original crudities have been restored and it offers an interesting perspective on Common English from the time of the Regency and Jane Austen.

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Entries releated to AUNT

 

AUNT		Mine aunt; a bawd or procuress: a title of eminence for the senior dells, who serve for instructresses, midwives, etc. for the dells. See DELLS.
BANKRUPT CART		A one-horse chaise, said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice, from their being so frequently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop-keepers and tradesmen.
CHAUNT		A song.
CHAUNT		To sing. To publish an account in the newspapers. The kiddey was chaunted for a toby; his examination concerning a highway robbery was published in the papers.
CHAUNTER CULLS		Grub-street writers, who compose songs, carrols, etc. for ballad-singers.
DUKE HUMPHREY		To dine with Duke Humphrey; to fast. In old St. Paul's church was an aisle called Duke Humphrey's walk (from a tomb vulgarly called his, but in reality belonging to John of Gaunt), and persons who walked there, while others were at dinner, were said to dine with Duke Humphrey.
GIRDS		Quips, taunts, severe or biting reflections.
QUIPPS		Girds, taunts, jests.
SAUNTERER		An idle, lounging fellow; by some derived from SANS TERRE; applied to persons, who, having no lands or home, lingered and loitered about. Some derive it from persons devoted to the Holy Land, SAINT TERRE, who loitered about, as waiting for company.
TROLL		To loiter or saunter about.