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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... originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ; and William ...
... originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ; and William ...
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... originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKERS DOZEN . Fourteen ; that number of rolls being al- lowed to the ...
... originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKERS DOZEN . Fourteen ; that number of rolls being al- lowed to the ...
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... originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it . The cove has hushed the battner ; i . e . has kill- ed the ox . BATCHELOR'S FARE ...
... originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it . The cove has hushed the battner ; i . e . has kill- ed the ox . BATCHELOR'S FARE ...
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... originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK . A Spanish wine called sherry , much drunk at ...
... originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK . A Spanish wine called sherry , much drunk at ...
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... as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . Ꭰ . CAT'S CAT CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot CAT.
... as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . Ꭰ . CAT'S CAT CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot CAT.
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| Titolo | Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club |
| Autore | Francis Grose |
| pubblicato | 1811 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | The British Library |
| Digitalizzato | 4 giu 2013 |
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