Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club |
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A A queer cog ; a rotten tooth . How the cull flashes his queer cogs ; how the fool shews his rotten teeth . 2 To Cos . To cheat with dice ; also to coax or wheedle . To cog 1 cog a die ; to conceal or secure a COG ...
A A queer cog ; a rotten tooth . How the cull flashes his queer cogs ; how the fool shews his rotten teeth . 2 To Cos . To cheat with dice ; also to coax or wheedle . To cog 1 cog a die ; to conceal or secure a COG ...
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To cut queer whiddes ; to give fout language . To cut a bosh , or a flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To look out of the corners of one's eyes , to leer , to look askance . The cull cutty - eyed at us ; the fellow ...
To cut queer whiddes ; to give fout language . To cut a bosh , or a flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To look out of the corners of one's eyes , to leer , to look askance . The cull cutty - eyed at us ; the fellow ...
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... queer as Dick's hatband ; that is , out of spirits , or don't know what ails me . DICKY . A woman's under - petticoat . It's all Dicky with him ; i . e . it's all over with him . DICKED IN THE NOB , Silly . Crazed . DICKEY .
... queer as Dick's hatband ; that is , out of spirits , or don't know what ails me . DICKY . A woman's under - petticoat . It's all Dicky with him ; i . e . it's all over with him . DICKED IN THE NOB , Silly . Crazed . DICKEY .
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... stopping all country people , or such as they think they can impose on ; which they frequently do , by selling them Spital - fields goods at double their current price . DUGS , A woman's breasts . DUKE , OF RUM DUKE . A queer ...
... stopping all country people , or such as they think they can impose on ; which they frequently do , by selling them Spital - fields goods at double their current price . DUGS , A woman's breasts . DUKE , OF RUM DUKE . A queer ...
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Queer flash ; a miserable weather - beaten caxon . To FLASH . To shew ostentatiously . To flash one's ivory ; to laugh and shew one's teeth . Don't flash your ivory , but shut your potatoe trap , and keep your guts warm ; the Devil ...
Queer flash ; a miserable weather - beaten caxon . To FLASH . To shew ostentatiously . To flash one's ivory ; to laugh and shew one's teeth . Don't flash your ivory , but shut your potatoe trap , and keep your guts warm ; the Devil ...
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beat beggars blow breeches called Cant carried cheat child clothes cock common cull derived Devil door dressed drink drunk expression eyes face fair fellow figuratively fire flash formerly French frequently girl give given hand hanged head hold horse Irish iron JACK keep kind king legs liquor live London look man's married means mouth never nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person pick pickpocket piece play pocket practised pretend prison QUAKER QUEER rogue saying shilling side signify soldier stand steal story sword tail taken term thieves thing town trick turn vulgar wench whipped wife woman women young
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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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