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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A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , OF PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel .
A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , OF PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel .
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To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust ...
To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust ...
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Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat , boarding it , plundering , stripping , and throwing them overboard , & c .
Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat , boarding it , plundering , stripping , and throwing them overboard , & c .
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Rogues of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT . He was in his birth - day suit , that is , stark naked . BISHOP . A mixture of wine and water , into which is put a roasted orange . Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses , used to ...
Rogues of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT . He was in his birth - day suit , that is , stark naked . BISHOP . A mixture of wine and water , into which is put a roasted orange . Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses , used to ...
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... a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned To BLAST , 4 CO 40 1 TO BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A BLA ...
... a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned To BLAST , 4 CO 40 1 TO BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A BLA ...
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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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