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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Pagina
... keep within thetter of he law . Sea wit . A LERS . Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick ving a look at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick ...
... keep within thetter of he law . Sea wit . A LERS . Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick ving a look at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick ...
Pagina
... keeping a secret . BLACK AND WHITE . In writing . I have it in black and white ; I have written evidence . BLACK ART ... keep in most regi- ments , wherein the names of all persons sentenced to pu- nishment are recorded . BLACK BOX . A ...
... keeping a secret . BLACK AND WHITE . In writing . I have it in black and white ; I have written evidence . BLACK ART ... keep in most regi- ments , wherein the names of all persons sentenced to pu- nishment are recorded . BLACK BOX . A ...
Pagina
... keep his cast - off mistress , BOOTY , To play booty ; cheating play , where the player purposely avoids winning . BO - PEEP . One who sometimes hides himself , and some- times appears publicly abroad , is said to play at bo - peep ...
... keep his cast - off mistress , BOOTY , To play booty ; cheating play , where the player purposely avoids winning . BO - PEEP . One who sometimes hides himself , and some- times appears publicly abroad , is said to play at bo - peep ...
Pagina
... keep ' a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si- tuated . BUM BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is ...
... keep ' a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si- tuated . BUM BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is ...
Pagina
... keeps a young girl , is said to have a colt's tooth in his head . COLT VEAL . Coarse red veal , more like the flesh of a colt than that of a calf . COMв . To comb one's head ; to clapperclaw , or scold any one : a woman who lectures her ...
... keeps a young girl , is said to have a colt's tooth in his head . COLT VEAL . Coarse red veal , more like the flesh of a colt than that of a calf . COMв . To comb one's head ; to clapperclaw , or scold any one : a woman who lectures her ...
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