Vulgar words in Held Fast For England - A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) (Page 1)

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blockhead x 1
get laid x 1
            

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It is a rough life, and a hard one; and if you don't get shot, or drowned, you may get laid on the shelf with the loss of a limb, and a pension that won't find you in grog and tobacco.

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"'I don't want him to turn out a dull blockhead,' he said, 'and so I propose that you should take charge of him, and teach him to keep himself young.

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