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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St. An- thony's pig ; to follow close at one's heels . ... These swine would follow any one having greens or other provisions , till they obtained some of them ; and it was in those days considered an act of charity and religion to feed ...
St. An- thony's pig ; to follow close at one's heels . ... These swine would follow any one having greens or other provisions , till they obtained some of them ; and it was in those days considered an act of charity and religion to feed ...
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To impose on any one by a falsity ; also to jeer or make fun of any one . TO BAMBOOZLE . To make a fool of any one , to humbug or impose on him . BANAGHAN . He beats Banaghan ; an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories .
To impose on any one by a falsity ; also to jeer or make fun of any one . TO BAMBOOZLE . To make a fool of any one , to humbug or impose on him . BANAGHAN . He beats Banaghan ; an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories .
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The plea of pregnancy , generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted , which they take care to provide for , previous to their trials ; every gaol having , as the Beggar's Opera informs us , one or more child getters ...
The plea of pregnancy , generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted , which they take care to provide for , previous to their trials ; every gaol having , as the Beggar's Opera informs us , one or more child getters ...
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A shoplifter's assistant , or one that receives and car- ries off stolen goods . All is bob ; all is safe . Cant . ... sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; to move off , or go away . To bear a bob ; to join in chorus with any ...
A shoplifter's assistant , or one that receives and car- ries off stolen goods . All is bob ; all is safe . Cant . ... sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; to move off , or go away . To bear a bob ; to join in chorus with any ...
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To run suddenly out of one's house , or hiding . place , through fear ; a term borrowed from a rabbit- warren , where the rabbits are made to bolt , by sending ferrets into their burrows : we set the house on fire , and made him bolt .
To run suddenly out of one's house , or hiding . place , through fear ; a term borrowed from a rabbit- warren , where the rabbits are made to bolt , by sending ferrets into their burrows : we set the house on fire , and made him bolt .
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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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