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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... 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 in their poc B 2 kets , kets ...
... 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 in their poc B 2 kets , kets ...
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Francis Grose. kets , which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST ...
Francis Grose. kets , which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST ...
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... eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails . The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage ...
... eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails . The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage ...
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... eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her ...
... eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her ...
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... eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making the best ...
... eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making the best ...
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