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 cut a bosh , or a 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 .
To cut a bosh , or a 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 .
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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 .
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 .
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An expression among impures , signifying the cully who pays , in opposition to a 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 ...
An expression among impures , signifying the cully who pays , in opposition to a 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 ...
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St. Giles's Greek ; the cant language , cal- led also Slang , Pedlars ' French , and Flash . GILFLURT . A proud minks , a vain capricious woman .. GILL . The abbreviation of Gillian , figuratively used for woman .
St. Giles's Greek ; the cant language , cal- led also Slang , Pedlars ' French , and Flash . GILFLURT . A proud minks , a vain capricious woman .. GILL . The abbreviation of Gillian , figuratively used for woman .
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To 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 .
To 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 .
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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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