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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... common trick piayed by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visitors . APRIL FOOL . Any one imposed on , or sent on a bootless errand , on the first of April ; which day it is the custom among the lower ...
... common trick piayed by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visitors . APRIL FOOL . Any one imposed on , or sent on a bootless errand , on the first of April ; which day it is the custom among the lower ...
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... common reply to any question ; still deemed wit at sea , and formerly at court , under the denomination of selling bargains . See BARGAIN . ASSIG . An assignation . ATHANASIAN WENCH , OF QUICUNQUE VUlt . A forward girl , ready to oblige ...
... common reply to any question ; still deemed wit at sea , and formerly at court , under the denomination of selling bargains . See BARGAIN . ASSIG . An assignation . ATHANASIAN WENCH , OF QUICUNQUE VUlt . A forward girl , ready to oblige ...
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... CHAIR . She is as common as a barber's chair , in which a whole parish sit to be trimmed ; said of a pros- titute . BarBER'S SIGN . A standing pole and two wash balls . BARGAIN . BARGAIN . To sell a bargain ; a species of BAR.
... CHAIR . She is as common as a barber's chair , in which a whole parish sit to be trimmed ; said of a pros- titute . BarBER'S SIGN . A standing pole and two wash balls . BARGAIN . BARGAIN . To sell a bargain ; a species of BAR.
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... is . It is a common saying of milk that is burnt too , that the bishop has set his foot in it . Formerly , when a bishop passed through a village , all the inhabitants ran t ran out of their houses to solicit his blessing BIS.
... is . It is a common saying of milk that is burnt too , that the bishop has set his foot in it . Formerly , when a bishop passed through a village , all the inhabitants ran t ran out of their houses to solicit his blessing BIS.
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... common name for a rabbit , also for the monosylla- ble . To touch bun for luck ; a practice observed among sailors going on a cruize . BUNDLING . A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her ...
... common name for a rabbit , also for the monosylla- ble . To touch bun for luck ; a practice observed among sailors going on a cruize . BUNDLING . A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her ...
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