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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... officer in a regimental mess , whose duty it is to skink , that is , to stir the fire , snuff the candles , and ring the bell . See SKINK .--- To ride in any one's old boots ; to marry or keep his cast - off mistress , BOOTY , To play ...
... officer in a regimental mess , whose duty it is to skink , that is , to stir the fire , snuff the candles , and ring the bell . See SKINK .--- To ride in any one's old boots ; to marry or keep his cast - off mistress , BOOTY , To play ...
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... To arrest a debtor . The gill bummed the swell for a thimble ; the tradesman arrested the gentle . man for a watch . BUM TRAP . A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors . Ware • Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to BUM.
... To arrest a debtor . The gill bummed the swell for a thimble ; the tradesman arrested the gentle . man for a watch . BUM TRAP . A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors . Ware • Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to BUM.
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... officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their being ...
... officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their being ...
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... officer should be on it . To CAP . To support another's assertion or tale . To assist a man in cheating . The file kidded the joskin with sham books , and his pall capped ; the deep one cheated the countryman with false cards , and his ...
... officer should be on it . To CAP . To support another's assertion or tale . To assist a man in cheating . The file kidded the joskin with sham books , and his pall capped ; the deep one cheated the countryman with false cards , and his ...
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... officers of the armyandnavy in time of peace , obliges many in both services to occupy this wretched sta- tion . The idea of the appellation is taken from a led horse , many of which for magnificence appear in the retinues of great ...
... officers of the armyandnavy in time of peace , obliges many in both services to occupy this wretched sta- tion . The idea of the appellation is taken from a led horse , many of which for magnificence appear in the retinues of great ...
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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