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 MONOSYLLABLE

 

BLACK JOKE		A popular tune to a song, having for the burden, "Her black joke and belly so white:" figuratively the black joke signifies the monosyllable. See MONOSYLLABLE.
BOTTOMLESS PIT		The monosyllable.
BROWN MADAM, or MISS BROWN		The monosyllable.
BUCKINGER'S BOOT		The monosyllable. Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs; notwithstanding which he drew coats of arms very neatly, and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling; he was married to a tall handsome woman, and traversed the country, shewing himself for money.
BUN		A common name for a rabbit, also for the monosyllable. To touch bun for luck; a practice observed among sailors going on a cruize.
EVE'S CUSTOM-HOUSE		Where Adam made his first entry. The monosyllable.
MISS LAYCOCK		The monosyllable.
MONOSYLLABLE		A woman's commodity.
THINGSTABLE		Mr. Thingstable; Mr. Constable: a ludicrous affectation of delicacy in avoiding the pronunciation of the first syllable in the title of that officer, which in sound has some similarity to an indecent monosyllable.
TUZZY-MUZZY		The monosyllable.
VENERABLE MONOSYLLABLE		Pudendum muliebre.