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 COLE

 

COLE		Money. Post the cole: pay down the money.
COVE		A man, a fellow, a rogue. The cove was bit; the rogue was outwitted. The cove has bit the cole; the rogue has got the money.
QUEER COLE FENCER		A putter off, or utterer, of bad money.
QUEER COLE MAKER		A maker of bad money.
RUM COLE		New money, or medals.
RUM GHELT		See RUM COLE.
VAMP		To pawn any thing. I'll vamp it, and tip you the cole: I'll pawn it, and give you the money. Also to refit, new dress, or rub up old hats, shoes or other wearing apparel; likewise to put new feet to old boots. Applied more particularly to a quack bookseller.