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 married woman ; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . • AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business ...
A married woman ; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . • AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business ...
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To ride in any one's old boots ; to marry or 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 ...
To ride in any one's old boots ; to marry or 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 ...
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Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwith- standing which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed ...
Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwith- standing which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed ...
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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 , have nine lives , that is one less than a woman . No more chance than a cat in hell ...
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 , have nine lives , that is one less than a woman . No more chance than a cat in hell ...
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A court often applied to by young women who marry old men . Cow . To sleep like a cow , with a **** at one's a - se ; said of a married man ; married men being supposed to sleep with their backs towards their wives , according to the ...
A court often applied to by young women who marry old men . Cow . To sleep like a cow , with a **** at one's a - se ; said of a married man ; married men being supposed to sleep with their backs towards their wives , according to the ...
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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
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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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