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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... stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a - se on a ... story . BANDOG . A bailiff or his follower ; also a very fierce . mastiff : likewise , a bandbox . Cant . Compleat ...
... stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a - se on a ... story . BANDOG . A bailiff or his follower ; also a very fierce . mastiff : likewise , a bandbox . Cant . Compleat ...
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... 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 abandoned TO BLAST , To curse . To BLAST . BLATER . A calf BLA.
... 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 abandoned TO BLAST , To curse . To BLAST . BLATER . A calf BLA.
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... story related of the celebrated Ben Jonson , who always dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , " you Ben ...
... story related of the celebrated Ben Jonson , who always dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , " you Ben ...
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... story . To bully a man out of any thing . The kid- dey bounced the swell of the blowen ; the lad bullied the ... stories , a liar perhaps from the wonderful shots frequently boasted of by archers . To Box THE COMPASS . To say or ...
... story . To bully a man out of any thing . The kid- dey bounced the swell of the blowen ; the lad bullied the ... stories , a liar perhaps from the wonderful shots frequently boasted of by archers . To Box THE COMPASS . To say or ...
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... STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAP . To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . TO CAP . To take off one's hat or cap . To cap the quadran- gle ; a lesson of humility , or rather servility , taught under ...
... STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAP . To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . TO CAP . To take off one's hat or cap . To cap the quadran- gle ; a lesson of humility , or rather servility , taught under ...
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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