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 BARBER

 

BARBER'S CHAIR		She is as common as a barber's chair, in which a whole parish sit to be trimmed; said of a prostitute.
BARBER'S SIGN		A standing pole and two wash balls.
DANDY		That's the dandy; i.e. the ton, the clever thing; an expression of similar import to "That's the barber." See BARBER.
GREENWICH BARBERS		Retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, in Kent: perhaps they are styled barbers, from their constant shaving the sandbanks.