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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Compiled originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ...
Compiled originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ...
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The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKERS DOZEN . Fourteen ; that number of ...
The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKERS DOZEN . Fourteen ; that number of ...
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BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time ...
BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time ...
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An abandoned wo man ; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK .
An abandoned wo man ; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK .
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CAT HARPING FASHION . Drinking cross - ways , and not , as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . Ꭰ .
CAT HARPING FASHION . Drinking cross - ways , and not , as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . Ꭰ .
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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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