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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... tail ; or , as it is generally , though more vulgarly , expressed , at the cart's a - se . ALDERMAN . A roasted turkey garnished with sausages ; the latter are supposed to represent the gold chain worn by those magistrates . ALDGATE . A ...
... tail ; or , as it is generally , though more vulgarly , expressed , at the cart's a - se . ALDERMAN . A roasted turkey garnished with sausages ; the latter are supposed to represent the gold chain worn by those magistrates . ALDGATE . A ...
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... TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob- tail ; a mob of all sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; to move off , or go away . To bear a bob ; to join in ...
... TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob- tail ; a mob of all sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; to move off , or go away . To bear a bob ; to join in ...
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... tails have you in your cab ? how many girls have you in your bawdy house ? CACAFEUGO . A sh - te - fire , a furious braggadocio or bully huff . CACKLE . To blab , or discover secrets . The cull is leaky , and cackles ; the rogue tells ...
... tails have you in your cab ? how many girls have you in your bawdy house ? CACAFEUGO . A sh - te - fire , a furious braggadocio or bully huff . CACKLE . To blab , or discover secrets . The cull is leaky , and cackles ; the rogue tells ...
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... tail ; persons guilty of petty larceny are frequently sen- tenced to be tied to the tail of a cart , and whipped by the common executioner , for a certain distance : the degree of severity in the execution is left to the discretion of ...
... tail ; persons guilty of petty larceny are frequently sen- tenced to be tied to the tail of a cart , and whipped by the common executioner , for a certain distance : the degree of severity in the execution is left to the discretion of ...
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... TAILS . A Scourge composed of nine strings of whip - cord , each string having nine knots . CAT'S PAW . To be made a cat's paw of ;, to be made a tool or instrument to accomplish the purpose of another : an allusion to the story of a ...
... TAILS . A Scourge composed of nine strings of whip - cord , each string having nine knots . CAT'S PAW . To be made a cat's paw of ;, to be made a tool or instrument to accomplish the purpose of another : an allusion to the story of a ...
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