Vulgar words in Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Page 1)

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ass x 22 ass-kisser x 3 asshole x 3 bastard x 6 blockhead x 5 boner x 3 boob x 3 brown-noser x 3 buffoon x 7 canuck x 3

damn x 27 fuck x 3 grody to the max x 3 hard-on x 3 holy shit x 3 hussy x 3 in-crowd x 3 jackass x 3 knickers x 3 knock up x 3

knocked up x 3 make love x 5 party pooper x 3 pimp x 3 poppycock x 3 shit x 5 slut x 7 spunk x 3 ugly as sin x 3 whore x 3

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ARSE.

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To hang an arse; to hang back, to be afraid to advance.

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BASTARD.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 430   ~   ~   ~

A bastard's bastard.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 439   ~   ~   ~

A low whore: so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 450   ~   ~   ~

A bastard.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 505   ~   ~   ~

His prad is becalmed; his horse knocked up.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 654   ~   ~   ~

Bilking a coachman, a box-keeper, and a poor whore, were formerly, among men of the town, thought gallant actions.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 699   ~   ~   ~

A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may he gathered from the regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answer--"I may be a whore, but can't be a bitch."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 700   ~   ~   ~

TO BITCH.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 847   ~   ~   ~

A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,137   ~   ~   ~

The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,269   ~   ~   ~

BUGGER.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,271   ~   ~   ~

Mill the bloody bugger; beat the damned rascal.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,285   ~   ~   ~

Town bull, a great whore-master.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,362   ~   ~   ~

A low dirty prostitute, half whore and half beggar.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,416   ~   ~   ~

A whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,425   ~   ~   ~

A common whore and a pick-pocket.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,428   ~   ~   ~

A common whore, but no pickpocket.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,444   ~   ~   ~

A bastard.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,668   ~   ~   ~

A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,702   ~   ~   ~

CATCH FART.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,724   ~   ~   ~

Sad cattle: whores or gypsies.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,805   ~   ~   ~

A strong smelling fart.

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To eat a child; to partake of a treat given to the parish officers, in part of commutation for a bastard child the common price was formerly ten pounds and a greasy chiu.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,041   ~   ~   ~

As close as God's curse to a whore's a-se: close as shirt and shitten a-se.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,150   ~   ~   ~

COCK PIMP.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,390   ~   ~   ~

A collection of whores.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,445   ~   ~   ~

A whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,497   ~   ~   ~

1 Rufflers 2 Upright Men 3 Hookers or Anglers 4 Rogues 5 Wild Rogues 6 Priggers of Prancers 7 Palliardes 8 Fraters 9 Jarkmen, or Patricoes 10 Fresh Water Mariners, or Whip Jackets 11 Drummerers 12 Drunken Tinkers 13 Swadders, or Pedlars 14 Abrams.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,638   ~   ~   ~

A fog or fool: also, a dupe to women: from the Italian word coglione, a blockhead.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,654   ~   ~   ~

CUNNY-THUMBED.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,857   ~   ~   ~

As demure as an old whore at a christening.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,928   ~   ~   ~

An ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,929   ~   ~   ~

Roll your dickey; drive your ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,947   ~   ~   ~

DILDO.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,989   ~   ~   ~

A nasty slut.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,096   ~   ~   ~

A he, or jack ass: called donkey, perhaps, from the Spanish or don-like gravity of that animal, intitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,139   ~   ~   ~

She beggars, wenches, whores.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,141   ~   ~   ~

A nasty, sluttish whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,312   ~   ~   ~

CUNT.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,344   ~   ~   ~

As easy as pissing the bed.

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A fag also means a boy of an inferior form or class, who acts as a servant to one of a superior, who is said to fag him, he is my fag; whence, perhaps, fagged out, for jaded or tired.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,468   ~   ~   ~

FART.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,469   ~   ~   ~

He has let a brewer's fart, grains and all; said of one who has bewrayed his breeches.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,470   ~   ~   ~

Piss and fart.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,473   ~   ~   ~

I dare not trust my a-se with a fart: said by a person troubled with a looseness.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,474   ~   ~   ~

FART CATCHER.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,689   ~   ~   ~

A whore's bully.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,908   ~   ~   ~

TO FRIG.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,910   ~   ~   ~

FRIG PIG.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,050   ~   ~   ~

Game pullet; a young whore, or forward girl in the way of becoming one.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,255   ~   ~   ~

A pimp or bawd.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,289   ~   ~   ~

One whose employment is to empty necessary houses; called also a tom-turd-man, and night-man: the latter, from that business being always performed in the night.

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A monster with six eyes, three mouths, four arms, eight legs, live on one side and three on the other, three arses, two tarses, and a *** upon its back; a man on horseback, with a woman behind him.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,366   ~   ~   ~

Greasy chin; a treat given to parish officers in part of commutation for a bastard: called also, Eating a child.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,533   ~   ~   ~

I will take my prince's part against all that shall oppose him, or any of us, according to the utmost of my ability; nor will I suffer him, or any one belongiug to us, to be abused by any strange abrams, rufflers, hookers, pailliards, swaddlers, Irish toyles, swigmen, whip jacks, jarkmen, bawdy baskets, dommerars, clapper dogeons, patricoes, or curtals; but will defend him, or them, as much as I can, against all other outliers whatever.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,583   ~   ~   ~

To HANG AN ARSE.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,707   ~   ~   ~

HEDGE WHORE.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,925   ~   ~   ~

HOOKERS.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,089   ~   ~   ~

HUSSY.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,090   ~   ~   ~

An abbreviation of housewife, but now always used as a term of reproach; as, How now, hussy?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,091   ~   ~   ~

or She is a light hussy.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,131   ~   ~   ~

JACK WHORE.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,306   ~   ~   ~

A he or jack ass: so called by a lady that affected to be extremely polite and modest, who would not say Jack because it was vulgar, nor ass because it was indecent.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,389   ~   ~   ~

JUST-ASS.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,521   ~   ~   ~

An Ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,723   ~   ~   ~

A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the, company repeated these words: Leap rogue, and jump whore, And then you are married for evermore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,741   ~   ~   ~

To break a leg; a woman who has had a bastard, is said to have broken a leg.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,743   ~   ~   ~

Sham leggers; cheats who pretend to sell smuggled goods, but in reality only deal in old shop-keepers or damaged goods.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,891   ~   ~   ~

A blockhead, or stupid fellow.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,961   ~   ~   ~

A bastard.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,057   ~   ~   ~

A whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,184   ~   ~   ~

MERKIN.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,190   ~   ~   ~

A whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,192   ~   ~   ~

A bastard.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,272   ~   ~   ~

A whore.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,336   ~   ~   ~

To stand Moses: a man is said to stand Moses when he has another man's bastard child fathered upon him, and he is obliged by the parish to maintain it.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,510   ~   ~   ~

A natural son or daughter; a love or merry-begotten child, a bastard.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,852   ~   ~   ~

OPEN ARSE.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,213   ~   ~   ~

PIMP.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,215   ~   ~   ~

PIMP WHISKIN.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,250   ~   ~   ~

PISS.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,251   ~   ~   ~

He will piss when he can't whistle; he will be hanged.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,252   ~   ~   ~

He shall not piss my money against the wall; he shall not have my money to spend in liquor.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,253   ~   ~   ~

He who once a good name gets, May piss a bed, and say he sweats.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,254   ~   ~   ~

PISS-BURNED.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,256   ~   ~   ~

PISS MAKER.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,258   ~   ~   ~

PISS POT HALL.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,260   ~   ~   ~

PISS PROPHET.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,262   ~   ~   ~

PISS-PROUD.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,264   ~   ~   ~

That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss- proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,265   ~   ~   ~

PISSING DOWN ANY ONE'S BACK.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,267   ~   ~   ~

PISSING PINS AND NEEDLES.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,372   ~   ~   ~

To save one's pomp at whist, is to score five before the adversaries are up, or win the game: originally derived from pimp, which is Welsh for five; and should be, I have saved my pimp.

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