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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... ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc B 2 kets , kets , which they threw into the eyes of any AMU.
... ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc B 2 kets , kets , which they threw into the eyes of any AMU.
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... carrying to the grave . BACK UP . His back is up , i . e . he is offended or angry ; an expression or idea taken from a cat ; that animal , when angry , always raising its back . An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ...
... carrying to the grave . BACK UP . His back is up , i . e . he is offended or angry ; an expression or idea taken from a cat ; that animal , when angry , always raising its back . An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ...
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... carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they ...
... carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they ...
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... carry a firelock , or serve as a private soldier . BROWN GEORGE . An ammunition loaf . A wig without powder ; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty . BROWN MADAM , or MISS BROWN . The monosyllable . BROWN STUDY . Said of one ...
... carry a firelock , or serve as a private soldier . BROWN GEORGE . An ammunition loaf . A wig without powder ; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty . BROWN MADAM , or MISS BROWN . The monosyllable . BROWN STUDY . Said of one ...
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... carrying a calf so well ; a vulgar joke on an " awkward rider . BUTT . A dependant , poor relation , or simpleton , on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off ; and who serves as a butt for all the shafts of wit and ridicule ...
... carrying a calf so well ; a vulgar joke on an " awkward rider . BUTT . A dependant , poor relation , or simpleton , on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off ; and who serves as a butt for all the shafts of wit and ridicule ...
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