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 HUSH

 

BATTNER		An ox: beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it. The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox.
HUSH		Hush the cull; murder the fellow.
HUSH MONEY		Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidence from appearing against a criminal.