Word of the Day: FAM

ETYMOLOGY
short for famble;
for n. 4.: shortened from family

EXAMPLE (for n. 1.)
“… Jenny being very genteely dressed, he observed a Gentleman who was a very Rum Muns, (that is, a great Beau) who had a very Glim Star, (that is, a Ring) upon his Feme, (that is, Hand} which she longed to make, so giving the Hint to her Companions to Bulk the Muns forward, (that is, Push) they pushed him quite in; …”

From: Select trials at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey, for murder, robberies, rapes, sodomy, coining
From the year 1720, to this time. 1742
The following is a particular Account of the Transactions of the Life of Mary Young, alias Jenny Diver, &c. &c. &c.

Word of the Day: DOSSER

ETYMOLOGY
from doss (n. lodging, a bed) (vb. to sleep)

EXAMPLE
“… Most of the ‘dossers’ were transient customers, people who were always on the move. …”

From: New York Police Gazette
Leaves from the Diary of a Celebrated Burglar; Being a Compilation of the Events and Occurences of the Most Exciting, Interesting and Extraordinary Character in the Life of a Thief
By Anonymous, 1865