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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... taken from a cat ; that animal , when angry , always raising its back . An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ; as , So , Sir , I see somebody has offended you , for your back is up . BACON . He has saved his bacon ; he ...
... taken from a cat ; that animal , when angry , always raising its back . An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ; as , So , Sir , I see somebody has offended you , for your back is up . BACON . He has saved his bacon ; he ...
Pagina
... taken away , whence the term , " Turned off . " BEDFORDSHIRE . I am for Bedfordshire , i.e. for going to bed . BEDIZENED . Dressed out , over - dressed , or awkwardly or- namented . BED - MAKER . Women employed at Cambridge to attend on ...
... taken away , whence the term , " Turned off . " BEDFORDSHIRE . I am for Bedfordshire , i.e. for going to bed . BEDIZENED . Dressed out , over - dressed , or awkwardly or- namented . BED - MAKER . Women employed at Cambridge to attend on ...
Pagina
... taken from a flock of sheep , where the wether has a bell about his neck . BENE . Good - BENAR . Better . Cant . BENE BOWSE . Good beer , or other strong liquor . Cant . BENE COVE . A good fellow . Cant . BENE DARKMANS . Good night ...
... taken from a flock of sheep , where the wether has a bell about his neck . BENE . Good - BENAR . Better . Cant . BENE BOWSE . Good beer , or other strong liquor . Cant . BENE COVE . A good fellow . Cant . BENE DARKMANS . Good night ...
Pagina
... taken up by a constable . Cant . BOLUS . A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER . A hard - trotting horse . BOOBY , or DOG BOOBY . An awkward lout , clodhopper , or country fellow . See CLODHOPPER and LoUT . A bitch booby ; a ...
... taken up by a constable . Cant . BOLUS . A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER . A hard - trotting horse . BOOBY , or DOG BOOBY . An awkward lout , clodhopper , or country fellow . See CLODHOPPER and LoUT . A bitch booby ; a ...
Pagina
... taken in . BUм . the breech , or backside . 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 ...
... taken in . BUм . the breech , or backside . 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 ...
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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