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 SCRAP

 

BREAD		Employment. Out of bread; out of employment. In bad bread; in a disagreeable scrape, or situation.
CAG MAGG		Bits and scraps of provisions. Bad meat.
GALIMAUFREY		A hodgepodge made up of the remnants and scraps of the larder.
GUT SCRAPER, or TORMENTOR of CATGUT		A fiddler.
LURCH		To be left in the lurch; to be abandoned by one's confederates or party, to be left in a scrape.
SCRAP		A villainous scheme or plan. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers the whole plan or scheme.
SCRAPE		To get into a scrape; to be involved in a disagreeable business.
SCRAPER		A fiddler; also one who scrapes plates for mezzotinto prints.
SCRAPING		A mode of expressing dislike to a person, or sermon, practised at Oxford by the students, in scraping their feet against the ground during the preachment; frequently done to testify their disapprobation of a proctor who has been, as they think, too rigorous.
SCRIP		A scrap or slip of paper. The cully freely blotted the scrip, and tipt me forty hogs; the man freely signed the bond, and gave me forty shillings. - Scrip is also a Change Alley phrase for the last loan or subscription. What does scrip go at for the next rescounters? what does scrip sell for delivered at the next day of settling?
SMART		Spruce, fine: as smart as a carrot new scraped.
WHIDDLE		To tell or discover. He whiddles; he peaches. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers all he knows. The cull whiddled because they would not tip him a snack: the fellow peached because they would not give him a share, They whiddle beef, and we must brush; they cry out thieves, and we must make off.