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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1 THE merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has been long and uni- versally acknowledged . But its circulation was confined almost exclusively to the lower orders of society : he was not aware , at the time of its ...
1 THE merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has been long and uni- versally acknowledged . But its circulation was confined almost exclusively to the lower orders of society : he was not aware , at the time of its ...
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... we have no doubt that its editors will meet with the encouragement that is due to learning , mo- desty , and virtue . DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE . ACO ABBESS , OF viii The propriety of introducing the University ...
... we have no doubt that its editors will meet with the encouragement that is due to learning , mo- desty , and virtue . DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE . ACO ABBESS , OF viii The propriety of introducing the University ...
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DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE . ACO ABBESS , OF LADY ABBESS , A bawd , the mistress of a brothel . ABEL - WACKETS . Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among ...
DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE . ACO ABBESS , OF LADY ABBESS , A bawd , the mistress of a brothel . ABEL - WACKETS . Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among ...
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An unmeaning expletive , frequently used by the vulgar Irish . ARS MUSICA . A bum fiddlle . ARSE . To hang an arse ; to hang back , to be afraid to ad- vance . He would lend àis a -- e , and sh - te through his ribs , a saying of any ...
An unmeaning expletive , frequently used by the vulgar Irish . ARS MUSICA . A bum fiddlle . ARSE . To hang an arse ; to hang back , to be afraid to ad- vance . He would lend àis a -- e , and sh - te through his ribs , a saying of any ...
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... also a vulgar nick name for a parson . His brains are in his ballocks , a cant saying to designate a fool . BALUM RANCUM . A hop or dance , where the women are all prostitutes . N. B. The company dance in their birth- day suits .
... also a vulgar nick name for a parson . His brains are in his ballocks , a cant saying to designate a fool . BALUM RANCUM . A hop or dance , where the women are all prostitutes . N. B. The company dance in their birth- day suits .
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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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