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The Vulgar Tongue

GLAYMORE. A Highland broad-sword; from the Erse

[NOTE: the term “Erse” (for Scottish Gaelic) is now considered offensive.]

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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