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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... called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to ...
... called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to ...
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... called a turnover apple - pye , where the sheets are so doubled as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them : a common trick piayed by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visitors ...
... called a turnover apple - pye , where the sheets are so doubled as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them : a common trick piayed by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visitors ...
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... called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop- keepers and tradesmen . BANKS'S HORSE . A horse famous for playing tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir ...
... called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop- keepers and tradesmen . BANKS'S HORSE . A horse famous for playing tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir ...
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... called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER ...
... called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER ...
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... called Bouffetiers , since corrupted to Beef Eaters . Others suppose they obtained this name from the size of their persons , and the easiness of their duty , as hav- ing scarce more to do than to eat the king's beef . BEETLE - BROWED ...
... called Bouffetiers , since corrupted to Beef Eaters . Others suppose they obtained this name from the size of their persons , and the easiness of their duty , as hav- ing scarce more to do than to eat the king's beef . BEETLE - BROWED ...
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