Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club1811 |
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... his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The BEL.
... his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The BEL.
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Francis Grose. BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The plea of pregnancy , generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted , which they take care to provide for , previous to their trials ; every gaol having , as the Beggar's ...
Francis Grose. BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The plea of pregnancy , generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted , which they take care to provide for , previous to their trials ; every gaol having , as the Beggar's ...
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... cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A ...
... cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A ...
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... cheat ; also a woman's privities . The cull wapt the mort's bite ; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily . Cant . To BITE . To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to ...
... cheat ; also a woman's privities . The cull wapt the mort's bite ; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily . Cant . To BITE . To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to ...
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... CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his . prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING ...
... CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his . prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING ...
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young