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TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785) — Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 15 hours ago

TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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