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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... term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to give to each soldier gratis . ACTEON . A cuckold , from the horns planted on the head of Acteon by Diana . B Ac- ACTIVE CITIZEN ...
... term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to give to each soldier gratis . ACTEON . A cuckold , from the horns planted on the head of Acteon by Diana . B Ac- ACTIVE CITIZEN ...
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... term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies , a cast that eat no- thing that had life . BAPTIZED , OR CHRISTENED . Rum , brandy , or any other spirits , that ...
... term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies , a cast that eat no- thing that had life . BAPTIZED , OR CHRISTENED . Rum , brandy , or any other spirits , that ...
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... term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK . A justice of peace ...
... term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK . A justice of peace ...
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... term . BEAST . To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation . Shakespeare in Othello . BEATER CASES . Boots . Cant . BEAU - NASTY . Aslovenly fop ; one finely ...
... term . BEAST . To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation . Shakespeare in Othello . BEATER CASES . Boots . Cant . BEAU - NASTY . Aslovenly fop ; one finely ...
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... term borrowed from an ancient tournament , where the victori- ous knights bore away the belle or fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The ...
... term borrowed from an ancient tournament , where the victori- ous knights bore away the belle or fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The ...
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