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 COLT

 

COBBLE COLTER		A turkey.
COLT		One who lets horses to highwaymen; also a boy newly initiated into roguery; a grand or petty juryman on his first assize.
COLT BOWL		Laid short of the jack by a colt bowler, i.e. a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling.
COLT VEAL		Coarse red veal, more like the flesh of a colt than that of a calf.
COLT'S TOOTH		An old fellow who marries or keeps a young girl, is said to have a colt's tooth in his head.
COLTAGE		A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices.
COSSET		A foundling. Cosset colt or lamb; a colt or lamb brought up by hand.