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
... look at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices . ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS . Begging out of a prison win- dow with a cap ...
... look at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices . ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS . Begging out of a prison win- dow with a cap ...
Pagina
... look blank ; to appear disappointed or con- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular stone on ...
... look blank ; to appear disappointed or con- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular stone on ...
Pagina
... look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed , Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE BOAR . A venereal bubo . BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced publican ...
... look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed , Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE BOAR . A venereal bubo . BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced publican ...
Pagina
... Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C 2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow . BOLT UPRIGHT . As BOL.
... Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C 2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow . BOLT UPRIGHT . As BOL.
Pagina
... look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children ...
... look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children ...
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