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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... Quaker . AMES ACE . Within ames ace ; nearly , very near . TOAMUSE . To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them ...
... Quaker . AMES ACE . Within ames ace ; nearly , very near . TOAMUSE . To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them ...
Pagina
... Quakers .. AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business . Stow the books , the culls are awake ; hide the cards , the fellows know what we intended to do . 2 ВАВЕЗ BABES IN THE ...
... Quakers .. AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business . Stow the books , the culls are awake ; hide the cards , the fellows know what we intended to do . 2 ВАВЕЗ BABES IN THE ...
Pagina
... quaker to an attorney ; but I will give thee five pounds , if thou canst find any creditable person who wilt say thou art an honest man . HONEST WOMAN . To marry a woman with whom one has cohabited as a mistress , is termed , making an ...
... quaker to an attorney ; but I will give thee five pounds , if thou canst find any creditable person who wilt say thou art an honest man . HONEST WOMAN . To marry a woman with whom one has cohabited as a mistress , is termed , making an ...
Pagina
... quakers for a stage - coach . LEERY . On one's guard . See PEERY . LEFT - HANDED WIFE . A concubine ; an allusion to an an- cient German custom , according to which , when a man married his concubine , or a woman greatly his inferior ...
... quakers for a stage - coach . LEERY . On one's guard . See PEERY . LEFT - HANDED WIFE . A concubine ; an allusion to an an- cient German custom , according to which , when a man married his concubine , or a woman greatly his inferior ...
Pagina
... QUAKERS . A religious sect so called from their agitations . in preaching . QUAKING CHEAT . A calf or sheep . QUANDARY . To be in a quandary : to be puzzled . Also one so over - gorged , as to be doubtful which he should do first , sh ...
... QUAKERS . A religious sect so called from their agitations . in preaching . QUAKING CHEAT . A calf or sheep . QUANDARY . To be in a quandary : to be puzzled . Also one so over - gorged , as to be doubtful which he should do first , sh ...
Parole e frasi comuni
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