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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Entries releated to TRIG

 

CAT CALL		A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It derives its name from one of its sounds, which greatly resembles the modulation of an intriguing boar cat.
CATERWAULING		Going out in the night in search of intrigues, like a cat in the gutters.
LULLY TRIGGERS		Thieves who steal wet linen.
PRAY		She prays with her knees upwards; said of a woman much given to gallantry and intrigue. At her last prayers; saying of an old maid.
RANGLING		Intriguing with a variety of women.
SLICE		To take a slice; to intrigue, particularly with a married woman, because a slice off a cut loaf is not missed.
SOCKET MONEY		A whore's fee, or hire: also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue.
TRIG		The point at which schoolboys stand to shoot their marbles at taw; also the spot whence bowlers deliver the bowl.
TRIG IT		To play truant. To lay a man trigging; to knock him down.
TRIGRYMATE		An idle female companion.
WHISKER SPLITTER		A man of intrigue.