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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... wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin , ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A comical or ' eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL ...
... wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin , ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A comical or ' eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL ...
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... BLOODY . A favourite word used by the thieves in swearing , as bloody eyes , bloody rascal . BLOSS OF BLOWEN . The pretended wife of a bully , or shoplifter . Cant . C TO BLOT . IT . To stand engaged or TO BLOT THE SKRIP BLO.
... BLOODY . A favourite word used by the thieves in swearing , as bloody eyes , bloody rascal . BLOSS OF BLOWEN . The pretended wife of a bully , or shoplifter . Cant . C TO BLOT . IT . To stand engaged or TO BLOT THE SKRIP BLO.
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... wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . See Duke of Rochefoucalt's Travels in America . BUNG UPWARDS . Said of a person lying on his face . M BUNG YOUR EYE . Drink a dram ; strictly speaking , to- drink till one's eye is ...
... wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . See Duke of Rochefoucalt's Travels in America . BUNG UPWARDS . Said of a person lying on his face . M BUNG YOUR EYE . Drink a dram ; strictly speaking , to- drink till one's eye is ...
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... wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON . A bad shilling , among coiners . His a - se makes buttons ; he is ready to bewray himself through fear . Cant . BUZMAN . A pickpocket . Cant . BUZZARD . A simple fellow . A blind buzzard : a ...
... wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON . A bad shilling , among coiners . His a - se makes buttons ; he is ready to bewray himself through fear . Cant . BUZMAN . A pickpocket . Cant . BUZZARD . A simple fellow . A blind buzzard : a ...
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... wife , dreamed that the Devil gave him a ring , which , so long as he had it on his finger , would prevent his being made a cuckold : waking he found he had got his finger the Lord knows where . See Rabelais , and Prior's versification ...
... wife , dreamed that the Devil gave him a ring , which , so long as he had it on his finger , would prevent his being made a cuckold : waking he found he had got his finger the Lord knows where . See Rabelais , and Prior's versification ...
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