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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The shopman of a bow - wow shop , or dealer in second hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what ...
The shopman of a bow - wow shop , or dealer in second hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what ...
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Garnish money , or money for drink , demanded of any one having a new suit of clothes . BIBLE . A boatswain's great axe . Sea term . BIBLE OATH . Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only ...
Garnish money , or money for drink , demanded of any one having a new suit of clothes . BIBLE . A boatswain's great axe . Sea term . BIBLE OATH . Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only ...
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in the dark , to steal cloaks or other clothes . Also lambs ' fur formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station .
in the dark , to steal cloaks or other clothes . Also lambs ' fur formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station .
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A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her petticoats on ; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently per- mitted ...
A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her petticoats on ; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently per- mitted ...
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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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