Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club1811 |
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Pagina
... practised in Scot- land under the title of Hunting the Gowke . APRON STRING HOLD . An estate held by a man dur- ing his wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin , ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A comical ...
... practised in Scot- land under the title of Hunting the Gowke . APRON STRING HOLD . An estate held by a man dur- ing his wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin , ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A comical ...
Pagina
... practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently per- mitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . See Duke of Rochefoucalt's ...
... practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently per- mitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . See Duke of Rochefoucalt's ...
Pagina
... practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat . The bet being made , a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted , and the end ...
... practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat . The bet being made , a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted , and the end ...
Pagina
... practised by the London fishmongers , in order to make it eat firm ; cod , and other crimped fish , being a fa- vourite dish among voluptuaries and epicures . CRINKUM CRANKUM . A woman's commodity . See SPEC- TATOR . CRINKUMS . The foul ...
... practised by the London fishmongers , in order to make it eat firm ; cod , and other crimped fish , being a fa- vourite dish among voluptuaries and epicures . CRINKUM CRANKUM . A woman's commodity . See SPEC- TATOR . CRINKUMS . The foul ...
Pagina
... practised by the inhabitants of those places , on sailors and travel- lers . DEVIL DRAWER . A miserable painter . DEVIL'S DUNG : Assafoetida . DEVIL'S GUTS , A surveyor's chain : so called by farmers , who do not like their land should ...
... practised by the inhabitants of those places , on sailors and travel- lers . DEVIL DRAWER . A miserable painter . DEVIL'S DUNG : Assafoetida . DEVIL'S GUTS , A surveyor's chain : so called by farmers , who do not like their land should ...
Parole e frasi comuni
a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young