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 RECKON

 

ALTAMEL		A verbal or lump account, without particulars, such as is commonly produced at bawdy-houses, spunging-houses, etc. Vide DUTCH RECKONING.
CLEAN		Expert; clever. Amongst the knuckling coves he is reckoned very clean; he is considered very expert as a pickpocket.
COCK OF THE COMPANY		A weak man, who from the desire of being the head of the company associates with low people, and pays all the reckoning.
DUTCH RECKONING, or ALLE-MAL		A verbal or lump account, without particulars, as brought at spungiug or bawdy houses.
GODFATHER		He who pays the reckoning, or answers for the rest of thecompany: as, Will you stand godfather, and we will take care of the brat; i.e. repay you another time. Jurymen are also called godfathers, because they name the crime the prisoner before them has been guilty of, whether felony, petit larceny, etc.
HANG IT UP		Score it up: speaking of a reckoning.
HUFF		To reprove, or scold at any one; also to bluster, bounce, ding, or swagger. A captain huff; a noted bully. To stand the huff; to be answerable for the reckoning in a public house.
LAND		How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man at whose door the glass stands long, or who does not ciculate it in due time.
RECKON		To reckon with one's host; to make an erroneous judgment in one's own favour. To cast-up one's reckoning or accounts; to vomit.
SCREW		To copulate. A female screw; a common prostitute. To screw one up; to exact upon one in a bargain or reckoning.
SHOT		To pay one's shot; to pay one's share of a reckoning. Shot betwixt wind and water; poxed or clapped.
SIR TIMOTHY		One who, from a desire of being the head of the company, pays the reckoning, or, as the term is, stands squire. See SQUIRE.
SQUIRE OF ALSATIA		A weak profligate spendthrift, the squire of the company; one who pays the whole reckoning, or treats the company, called standing squire.
TRAVELLING PIQUET		A mode of amusing themselves, practised by two persons riding in a carriage, each reckoning towards his game the persons or animals that pass by on the side next them, according to the following estimation: A parson riding a grey horse, witholue furniture; game. An old woman under a hedge; ditto. A cat looking out of a window; 60. A man, woman, and child, in a buggy; 40. A man with a woman behind him; 30. A flock of sheep; 20. A flock of geese; 10. A post chaise; 5. A horseman; 2. A man or woman walking; 1.