1. ARS MUSICA. A bum fiddle.

    - Francis Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence (1811) [full text]

     
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      I wish I had pickpocket eloquence.
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