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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... hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A lady's waiting - maid . ABRAM ...
... hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A lady's waiting - maid . ABRAM ...
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... hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned in the hand , and is at liberty . Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers , into which they threw the bodies ...
... hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned in the hand , and is at liberty . Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers , into which they threw the bodies ...
Pagina
... hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what d'ye want , gemmen ? --- what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow ...
... hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what d'ye want , gemmen ? --- what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow ...
Pagina
... hands to any thing , and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters : who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF . To cry beef ; to give the alarm . They have cried beef Cant . To be in a man's ...
... hands to any thing , and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters : who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF . To cry beef ; to give the alarm . They have cried beef Cant . To be in a man's ...
Pagina
... hand . BING . To go . Cant . Bing avast ; get you gone . Binged avast in a darkmans ; stole away in the night . Bing we to Rumeville : shall we go to London ? BINGO . Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker ...
... hand . BING . To go . Cant . Bing avast ; get you gone . Binged avast in a darkmans ; stole away in the night . Bing we to Rumeville : shall we go to London ? BINGO . Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker ...
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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