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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... Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ; and William Soames , Esq . of the Hon . Society of Newman's Hotel LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. CHAPPEL , Pall Mall ; SOLD BY J. JOHNSTON , CHEAPSIDE ; GODDARD , PALLO MALL , AND ALL OTHER ...
... Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ; and William Soames , Esq . of the Hon . Society of Newman's Hotel LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. CHAPPEL , Pall Mall ; SOLD BY J. JOHNSTON , CHEAPSIDE ; GODDARD , PALLO MALL , AND ALL OTHER ...
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... fire , to take its chance : which , went burnt to , was said to be bishoped . TO BISHOP the balls , a term used among printers , to water them . BIT . Money . He grappled the cull's bit ; he seized the man's money . A bit is also the ...
... fire , to take its chance : which , went burnt to , was said to be bishoped . TO BISHOP the balls , a term used among printers , to water them . BIT . Money . He grappled the cull's bit ; he seized the man's money . A bit is also the ...
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... fire- locks . BLUE SKIN . A person begotten on a black woman by a white man . One of the blue squadron ; any one having a cross of the black breed , or , as it is termed , a lick of the tar brush , BLUE BLUE TAPE , or SKY BLUE . Gin ...
... fire- locks . BLUE SKIN . A person begotten on a black woman by a white man . One of the blue squadron ; any one having a cross of the black breed , or , as it is termed , a lick of the tar brush , BLUE BLUE TAPE , or SKY BLUE . Gin ...
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... fire , and made him bolt . To bolt , also means to swallow meat without chewing : the farmer's servants in Kent are fa- mous for bolting large quantities of pickled pork . BONES . Dice . BONE BOX . The mouth . Shut your bone box ; shut ...
... fire , and made him bolt . To bolt , also means to swallow meat without chewing : the farmer's servants in Kent are fa- mous for bolting large quantities of pickled pork . BONES . Dice . BONE BOX . The mouth . Shut your bone box ; shut ...
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... fire . BUBE . The venereal disease . BUCK . A blind horse ; also a gay debauchee . TO RUN A BUCK . To poll a bad vote at an election .--- Irish term . BUCK BAIL . Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang . A BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD ...
... fire . BUBE . The venereal disease . BUCK . A blind horse ; also a gay debauchee . TO RUN A BUCK . To poll a bad vote at an election .--- Irish term . BUCK BAIL . Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang . A BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD ...
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