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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... , or magistrate . Also a judge or chairman who presides in court . I clapp'd my peepers full of tears , and so the old beak set me free ; I began to weep , and the judge setme free .. BEAN BEAN . A guinea . Half bean ; half a BEA.
... , or magistrate . Also a judge or chairman who presides in court . I clapp'd my peepers full of tears , and so the old beak set me free ; I began to weep , and the judge setme free .. BEAN BEAN . A guinea . Half bean ; half a BEA.
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Francis Grose. BEAN . A guinea . Half bean ; half a guinea . BEAR . One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity or sum of stock in the public funds , on a future day , and at stated price ; or , in other words , sells what he has not ...
Francis Grose. BEAN . A guinea . Half bean ; half a guinea . BEAR . One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity or sum of stock in the public funds , on a future day , and at stated price ; or , in other words , sells what he has not ...
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... guinea . Brown George an ammunition loaf . GERMAN DUCK . Half a sheep's , head boiled with onions . GET . One of his get ; one of his offspring , or begetting . GIB CAT . A northern name for a he cat , there commonly called Gilbert . As ...
... guinea . Brown George an ammunition loaf . GERMAN DUCK . Half a sheep's , head boiled with onions . GET . One of his get ; one of his offspring , or begetting . GIB CAT . A northern name for a he cat , there commonly called Gilbert . As ...
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... guinea , or job . Cant . Hussy . An abbreviation of housewife , but now always used as a term of reproach ; as , How now , hussy ? or , She is a light hussy . HUZZA . Said to have been originally the cry of the huzzars or Hungarian ...
... guinea , or job . Cant . Hussy . An abbreviation of housewife , but now always used as a term of reproach ; as , How now , hussy ? or , She is a light hussy . HUZZA . Said to have been originally the cry of the huzzars or Hungarian ...
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... guinea . JOB'S COMFORT . Reproof instead of consolation . JOB'S COMFORTER . One who brings news of some addi- tional misfortune . JOB'S DOCK . He is laid up in Job's dock ; i . e . in a salivation . The The apartments for the foul or ...
... guinea . JOB'S COMFORT . Reproof instead of consolation . JOB'S COMFORTER . One who brings news of some addi- tional misfortune . JOB'S DOCK . He is laid up in Job's dock ; i . e . in a salivation . The The apartments for the foul or ...
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