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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The twenty - third rank of canters , who carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the ...
The twenty - third rank of canters , who carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the ...
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... as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . Ꭰ . CAT'S CAT CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot CAT.
... as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . Ꭰ . CAT'S CAT CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot CAT.
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To live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists ...
To live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists ...
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Lice : perhaps an abbreviation of chattels , lice being the chief live stock or chattels of beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows .
Lice : perhaps an abbreviation of chattels , lice being the chief live stock or chattels of beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows .
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To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES .
To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES .
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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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