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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UNCLE		Mine uncle's; a necessary house. He is gone to visit his uncle; saying of one who leaves his wife soon after marriage. It likewise means a pawnbroker's: goods pawned are frequently said to be at mine uncle's, or laid up in lavender.
UNDER DUBBER		A turnkey.
UNDERSTRAPPER		An inferior in any office, or department.
UNFORTUNATE GENTLEMEN		The horse guards, who thus named themselves in Germany, where a general officer seeing them very awkward in bundling up their forage, asked what the devil they were; to which some of them answered, unfortunate gentlemen.
UNFORTUNATE WOMEN		Prostitutes: so termed by the virtuous and compassionate of their own sex.
UNGRATEFUL MAN		A parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil.
UNGUENTUM AUREUM		A bribe.
UNICORN		A coach drawn by three horses.
UNLICKED CUB		A rude uncouth young fellow.
UNRIGGED		Undressed, or stripped. Unrig the drab; strip the wench.
UNTRUSS		To untruss a point; to let down one's breeches in order to ease one's self. Breeches were formerly tied with points, which till lately were distributed to the boys every Whit Monday by the churchwardens of most of the parishes in London, under the denomination of tags: these tags were worsteds of different colours twisted up to a size somewhat thicker than packthread, and tagged at both ends with tin. Laces were at the same given to the girls.
UNTWISTED		Undone, ruined, done up.
UNWASHED BAWDRY		Rank bawdry.
UP TO THEIR GOSSIP		To be a match for one who attempts to cheat or deceive; to be on a footing, or in the secret. I'll be up with him; I will repay him in kind.
UPHILLS		False dice that run high.
UPPER BENJAMIN		A great coat.
UPPER STORY, or GARRET		Figuratively used to signify the head. His upper story or garrets are unfurnished; i.e. he is an empty or foolish fellow.
UPPING BLOCK		Called in some counties a leaping stock, in others a jossing block. Steps for mounting a horse. He sits like a toad on a jossing block; said of one who sits ungracefully on horseback.
UPPISH		Testy, apt to take offence.
UPRIGHT		Go upright; a word used by shoemakers, taylors and their servants, when any money is given to make them drink, and signifies, Bring it all out in liquor, though the donor intended less, and expects change, or some of his money, to be returned. Three-penny upright. See THREEPENNY UPRIGHT.
UPRIGHT MAN		An upright man signifies the chief or principal of a crew. The vilest, stoutest rogue in the pack is generally chosen to this post, and has the sole right to the first night's lodging with the dells, who afterwards are used in common among the whole fraternity. He carries a short truncheon in his hand, which he calls his filchman, and has a larger share than ordinary in whatsoever is gotten in the society. He often travels in company with thirty or forty males and females, abram men, and others, over whom he presides arbitrarily. Sometimes the women and children who are unable to travel, or fatigued, are by turns carried in panniers by an ass, or two, or by some poor jades procured for that purpose.
UPSTARTS		Persons lately raised to honours and riches from mean stations.
URCHIN		A child, a little fellow; also a hedgehog.
URINAL OF THE PLANETS		Ireland: so called from the frequent rains in that island.
USED UP		Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up.