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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... flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To look out of the corners of one's eyes , to leer , to look askance . The cull cutty - eyed at us ; the fellow looked suspicious at us . DAM DAB . An adept ; a dab at any feat or ...
... flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To look out of the corners of one's eyes , to leer , to look askance . The cull cutty - eyed at us ; the fellow looked suspicious at us . DAM DAB . An adept ; a dab at any feat or ...
Pagina
... FLASH . Knowing . Understanding another's meaning . The swell was flash , so I could not draw his fogle . The gen- tleman saw what I was about , and therefore I could not pick his pocket of his silk handkerchief . To patter flash ...
... FLASH . Knowing . Understanding another's meaning . The swell was flash , so I could not draw his fogle . The gen- tleman saw what I was about , and therefore I could not pick his pocket of his silk handkerchief . To patter flash ...
Pagina
... flash man . Is he foolish or flash ? FOOT PADS , or Low PADS . Rogues who rob on foot . FOOT WABBLER . A contemptuous appellation for a foot soldier , commonly used by the cavalry . Foor- FOOTMAN'S MAWND . An artificial sore made with ...
... flash man . Is he foolish or flash ? FOOT PADS , or Low PADS . Rogues who rob on foot . FOOT WABBLER . A contemptuous appellation for a foot soldier , commonly used by the cavalry . Foor- FOOTMAN'S MAWND . An artificial sore made with ...
Pagina
... Flash . GILFLURT . A proud minks , a vain capricious woman .. GILL . The abbreviation of Gillian , figuratively used for woman . Every jack has his gill ; i . e . every jack has his gillian , or female mate . GILLS . The cheeks . To ...
... Flash . GILFLURT . A proud minks , a vain capricious woman .. GILL . The abbreviation of Gillian , figuratively used for woman . Every jack has his gill ; i . e . every jack has his gillian , or female mate . GILLS . The cheeks . To ...
Pagina
... flash the hash ; to vomit . Cant . HASTY . Precipitate , passionate . He is none of the Hastings sort ; a saying of a slow , loitering fellow : an allusion to the Hastings pea , which is the first in season . HASTY PUDDING . Oatmeal and ...
... flash the hash ; to vomit . Cant . HASTY . Precipitate , passionate . He is none of the Hastings sort ; a saying of a slow , loitering fellow : an allusion to the Hastings pea , which is the first in season . HASTY PUDDING . Oatmeal and ...
Parole e frasi comuni
a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches 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 Tyburn venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young