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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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 off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust ...
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 off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust ...
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He wishes to have the senior , or old square - toes , backed he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders ; that is , carrying to the grave . BACK UP . His back is up , i . e . he is offended or angry ; an expression or idea taken ...
He wishes to have the senior , or old square - toes , backed he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders ; that is , carrying to the grave . BACK UP . His back is up , i . e . he is offended or angry ; an expression or idea taken ...
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The twenty - third rank of canters , who 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 ...
The twenty - third rank of canters , who 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 ...
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To hug brown Bess ; to 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 .
To hug brown Bess ; to 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 .
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That must have been a butcher's horse , by his 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 ...
That must have been a butcher's horse , by his 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 ...
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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
Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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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