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 JUG

 

BLACK JACK		A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leather.
DOUBLE JUGG		A man's backside. Cotton's Virgil.
FAULKNER		A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks.
GOTCH-GUTTED		Pot bellied: a gotch in Norfolk signifying a pitcher, or large round jug.
GREY BEARD		Earthen jugs formerly used in public house for drawing ale: they had the figure of a man with a large beard stamped on them; whence probably they took the name: see BEN JONSON'S PLAYS, BARTHOLOMEW FAIR, etc. etc. Dutch earthen jugs, used for smuggling gin on the coasts of Essex and Suffolk, are at this time called grey beards.
HOCUS POCUS		Nonsensical words used by jugglers, previous to their deceptions, as a kind of charm, or incantation. A celebrated writer supposes it to be a ludicrous corruption of the words hoc est corpus, used by the popish priests consecrating the host. Also Hell Hocus is used to express drunkenness: as, he is quite hocus; he is quite drunk.
JORUM		A jugg, or large pitcher.
JUG		See DOUBLE JUG.
JUGGLER'S BOX		The engine for burning culprits in the hand.
STONE JUG		Newgate, or any other prison.