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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... live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least ...
... live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least ...
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... , as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . D CAT'S CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; CAT.
... , as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . D CAT'S CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; CAT.
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... live like dog and cat ; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists , have nine lives , that is one less than a woman . No more chance than a cat in hell ...
... live like dog and cat ; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists , have nine lives , that is one less than a woman . No more chance than a cat in hell ...
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... live stock or chattels of beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs ...
... live stock or chattels of beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs ...
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... live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES . Thieves ...
... live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES . Thieves ...
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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