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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... confusion occasioned by one , A BLOWSE , or BLOWSABELLA . A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth ...
... confusion occasioned by one , A BLOWSE , or BLOWSABELLA . A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth ...
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The mouth . Shut your bone box ; shut your mouth . BONE PICKER . A footman . BONED . Seized , apprehended , taken up by a constable . Cant . BOLUS . A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER . A hard - trotting horse .
The mouth . Shut your bone box ; shut your mouth . BONE PICKER . A footman . BONED . Seized , apprehended , taken up by a constable . Cant . BOLUS . A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER . A hard - trotting horse .
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BUTTER AND EGGS TROT . A kind of short jogg trot , such as is used by women going to market , with butter and ; eggs . — She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth , yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her ; a saying of a ...
BUTTER AND EGGS TROT . A kind of short jogg trot , such as is used by women going to market , with butter and ; eggs . — She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth , yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her ; a saying of a ...
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Figuratively , an unanswerable objection : also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers ; it was of iron , shaped like a pear ; this they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money ; and on turning a ...
Figuratively , an unanswerable objection : also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers ; it was of iron , shaped like a pear ; this they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money ; and on turning a ...
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... gizzard of a turkey or fowl , scored , peppered , salted and broiled : it derives its appellation from being hot in the mouth . DEVIL'S BOOKS . Cards . DEVIL CATCHER , or DEVIL DRIVER . A parson . See SNUB DEVIL . DEVIL'S DAUGHTER .
... gizzard of a turkey or fowl , scored , peppered , salted and broiled : it derives its appellation from being hot in the mouth . DEVIL'S BOOKS . Cards . DEVIL CATCHER , or DEVIL DRIVER . A parson . See SNUB DEVIL . DEVIL'S DAUGHTER .
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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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