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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://zirk.us/users/TheVulgarTongue/statuses/114478449115793203">The Vulgar Tongue (thevulgartongue@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 01:21:15 JST</a><a href="https://zirk.us/@TheVulgarTongue" title="thevulgartongue@zirk.us"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/241117-48-20240208020129.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="The Vulgar Tongue" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">The Vulgar Tongue</a></section><article><p>RIGHT. All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for their purpose. All right, hand down the jemmy; every thing is in proper order, give me the crow.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" rel="tag">#dictionaries</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" rel="tag">#society</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" rel="tag">#language</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" rel="tag">#slang</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons">@histodons</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5029099#notice-9857926">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-05-10T01:21:15+09:00" title="Saturday, 10-May-2025 01:21:15 JST">about 24 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://zirk.us/@TheVulgarTongue/114478449115793203" rel="external" title="Sent from zirk.us via ActivityPub">zirk.us</a></span></span><a href="https://zirk.us/@TheVulgarTongue/114478449115793203">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4602012">Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):RIGHT. All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for their purpose. All right, hand down the jemmy; every thing is in proper order, give me the crow.A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/478/448/999/304/868/original/dbde7435c0444f75.gif" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/478/448/999/304/868/original/dbde7435c0444f75.gif</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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RIGHT. All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for their purpose. All right, hand down the jemmy; every thing is in proper order, give me the crow.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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