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 LAMB

 

BUDGE, or SNEAKING BUDGE		One that slips into houses in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes. Also lambs' fur formerly used for doctors' robes, whence they were called budge doctors. Standing budge; a thief's scout or spy.
COSSET		A foundling. Cosset colt or lamb; a colt or lamb brought up by hand.
EWE		A white ewe; a beautiful woman. An old ewe, drest lamb fashion; an old woman, drest like a young girl.
FORTUNE TELLER, or CUNNING MAN		A judge, who tells every prisoner his fortune, lot or doom. To go before the fortune teller, lambskin men, or conjuror; to be tried at an assize. See LAMBSKIN MEN.
HOLY LAMB		A thorough-paced villain. IRISH.
LAMB'S WOOL		Apples roasted and put into strong ale.
LAMB, or LAMBASTE		To beat. Lamb pye; a beating: from lambo.
LAMBSKIN MEN		The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine.
TURK		A cruel, hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous usage. Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherhithe side of the Thames.