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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... that our young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate ; and he there- fore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his work the few ...
... that our young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate ; and he there- fore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his work the few ...
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A young child . BANYAN DAY , A sea 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 .
A young child . BANYAN DAY , A sea 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 .
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All sorts of beer ; that liquor being apt to cause eructation . BELCHER . A red silk handkerchief , intermixed with yellow and a little black . The kiddey flashes his belcher ; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck .
All sorts of beer ; that liquor being apt to cause eructation . BELCHER . A red silk handkerchief , intermixed with yellow and a little black . The kiddey flashes his belcher ; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck .
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A chicken , and figuratively a young wench . BIDET , commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French ...
A chicken , and figuratively a young wench . BIDET , commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French ...
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... or ignorant young men , whom he finds with her . See GREENHorn . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling . BULLY RUFFIANS . Highwaymen who attack passen❤ gers with oaths and imprecations .
... or ignorant young men , whom he finds with her . See GREENHorn . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling . BULLY RUFFIANS . Highwaymen who attack passen❤ gers with oaths and imprecations .
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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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