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 LIFT

 

BLOSS or BLOWEN		The pretended wife of a bully, or shoplifter.
BOB		A shoplifter's assistant, or one that receives and carries off stolen goods. All is bob; all is safe.
DAISY CUTTER		A jockey term for a horse that does not lift up his legs sufficiently, or goes too near the ground, and is therefore apt to stumble.
GINNY		An instrument to lift up a great, in order to steal what is in the window.
JENNY		An instrument for lifting up the grate or top of a show-glass, in order to rob it.
LIFT		To give one a lift; to assist. A good hand at a dead lift; a good hand upon an emergency. To lift one's hand to one's head; to drink to excess, or to drink drams. To lift or raise one's elbow; the same.
LIFT		See SHOPLIFTER, etc.
LIFTER		A crutch.
NEWMAN'S LIFT		The gallows.
SHOPLIFTER		One that steals whilst pretending to purchase goods in a shop.
WINDER		Transportation for life. The blowen has napped a winder for a lift; the wench is transported for life for stealing in a shop.