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EDGE,

as, Fall Back, fall Edge; i.e. At all Adventures; used to express a villainous and daring Resolution for Mischief, whatever may be the Consequence.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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EAGLE
EARNEST
EASY
EBB water
EDGE
To EDGE
ELBOW-shaker
ELF
EMPTY
ENGLISH Manufacture

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).