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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... 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 d'ye want , gemmen ? --- what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow SHOP ...
... 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 d'ye want , gemmen ? --- what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow SHOP ...
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... 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 , as being the big- ger book , and generally containing both the Old and New ...
... 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 , as being the big- ger book , and generally containing both the Old and New ...
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... he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters . BUDGE , OF SNEAKING BUDGE . One that slips into houses in in the dark , to steal cloaks or other clothes BUD.
... he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters . BUDGE , OF SNEAKING BUDGE . One that slips into houses in in the dark , to steal cloaks or other clothes BUD.
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Francis Grose. 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 ...
Francis Grose. 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 ...
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... 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 travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters . This ...
... 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 travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters . This ...
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