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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Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick ving a hook at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices .
Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick ving a hook at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices .
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Stealing brass weights off the coun- ters of shops . Cant . AUTEM . A church . + AUTEM BAWLER . AUTEM CACKLERS . AUTEM PRICKEARS . A parson . Cant . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM CACKLE TUB . A conventicle or meeting ...
Stealing brass weights off the coun- ters of shops . Cant . AUTEM . A church . + AUTEM BAWLER . AUTEM CACKLERS . AUTEM PRICKEARS . A parson . Cant . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM CACKLE TUB . A conventicle or meeting ...
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The twenty - third rank of canters , who carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the ...
The twenty - third rank of canters , who carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the ...
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To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a sur- geon ...
To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a sur- geon ...
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Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his . prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW . One who parts easily with his money , A metaphor borrowed from fish ...
Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his . prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW . One who parts easily with his money , A metaphor borrowed from fish ...
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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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