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 SLICE

 

BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION		One slice upon the other. John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion. - To quarrel with one's bread and butter; to act contrary to one's interest. To know on which side one's bread is buttered; to know one's interest, or what is best for one. It is no bread and butter of mine; I have no business with it; or rather, I won't intermeddle, because I shall get nothing by it.
FLY SLICERS		Life-guard men, from their sitting on horseback, under an arch, where they are frequently observed to drive away flies with their swords.
SANDWICH		Ham, dried tongue, or some other salted meat, cut thin and put between two slices of bread and butter: said to be a favourite morsel with the Earl of Sandwich.
SCRATCH PLATTER, or TAYLOR'S RAGOUT		Bread sopt in the oil and vinegar in which cucumbers have been sliced.
SLICE		To take a slice; to intrigue, particularly with a married woman, because a slice off a cut loaf is not missed.