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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... never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ; where , speaking of Eolus he has ...
... never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ; where , speaking of Eolus he has ...
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... never fail you . BERMUDAS . A cant name for certain places in London , privileged against arrests , like the Mint in Southwark . Ben . Jonson . These privileges are abolished . BESS , OF BETTY . A small instrument used by house ...
... never fail you . BERMUDAS . A cant name for certain places in London , privileged against arrests , like the Mint in Southwark . Ben . Jonson . These privileges are abolished . BESS , OF BETTY . A small instrument used by house ...
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... never at- chieved the adventure : and to tip the blarney , is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An ...
... never at- chieved the adventure : and to tip the blarney , is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An ...
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... never returns borrowed books . Out of one's books ; out of one's favor . Out of his books ; out of debt . BOOT CATCHER . The servant at an inn whose business it is to clean the boots of ... NEVER ! NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT .. Said of BOR.
... never returns borrowed books . Out of one's books ; out of one's favor . Out of his books ; out of debt . BOOT CATCHER . The servant at an inn whose business it is to clean the boots of ... NEVER ! NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT .. Said of BOR.
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Francis Grose ! NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT .. Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession . BOTCH . A nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ ent persons at the ...
Francis Grose ! NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT .. Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession . BOTCH . A nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ ent persons at the ...
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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