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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... also a vulgar nick name for a parson . His brains are in his ballocks , a cant saying to designate a fool . BALUM RANCUM . A hop or dance , where the women are all prostitutes . N. B. The company dance in their birth- day suits .
... also a vulgar nick name for a parson . His brains are in his ballocks , a cant saying to designate a fool . BALUM RANCUM . A hop or dance , where the women are all prostitutes . N. B. The company dance in their birth- day suits .
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A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the servants of a farmer . BANKRUPT CART . A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop- ...
A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the servants of a farmer . BANKRUPT CART . A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop- ...
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A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
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These , from their constant attend- ance about the time of guard mounting , were nick - named- the black - guards . BLACK JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves . BLACK JACK . A jug to drink out of , made of jacked lea- ...
These , from their constant attend- ance about the time of guard mounting , were nick - named- the black - guards . BLACK JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves . BLACK JACK . A jug to drink out of , made of jacked lea- ...
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A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER . A hard - trotting horse . BOOBY , or DOG BOOBY . An awkward lout , clodhopper , or country fellow . See CLODHOPPER and LOUT . A bitch booby ; a country wench . BOOBY HUTCH .
A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER . A hard - trotting horse . BOOBY , or DOG BOOBY . An awkward lout , clodhopper , or country fellow . See CLODHOPPER and LOUT . A bitch booby ; a country wench . BOOBY HUTCH .
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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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