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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... a horse foaled by an acorn , i . e . the gallows , called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an ...
... a horse foaled by an acorn , i . e . the gallows , called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an ...
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A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se to an anchor , i . e . sit down . To let go an michor to the windward of the law ; to keep within etter of he ...
A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se to an anchor , i . e . sit down . To let go an michor to the windward of the law ; to keep within etter of he ...
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To bang up prime : to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style : as the swell's rattler and prads are bang up ... A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on ...
To bang up prime : to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style : as the swell's rattler and prads are bang up ... A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on ...
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A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
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BAY FEVER . A term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances .
BAY FEVER . A term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances .
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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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