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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Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY .
Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY .
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To BILK . To cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions .
To BILK . To cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions .
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Town . bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses ...
Town . bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses ...
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CARTING The punishment formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Ham Carvel , a jealous old doctor ...
CARTING The punishment formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Ham Carvel , a jealous old doctor ...
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A large belly . He has a glorious corpo ration ; he has a very prominent belly . CORPORATION . The magistrates , & c . of a corporate town . Corpus sine ratione . Freemen of a corporation's work ; neither strong nor handsome . COSSET .
A large belly . He has a glorious corpo ration ; he has a very prominent belly . CORPORATION . The magistrates , & c . of a corporate town . Corpus sine ratione . Freemen of a corporation's work ; neither strong nor handsome . COSSET .
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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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