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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Pagina
... liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it . The cove has hushed the battner ; i . e . has kill- ed the ox ...
... liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it . The cove has hushed the battner ; i . e . has kill- ed the ox ...
Pagina
... 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 . BELL , BOOK , AND CANDLE ...
... 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 . BELL , BOOK , AND CANDLE ...
Pagina
... liquor . Cant . BENE COVE . A good fellow . Cant . BENE DARKMANS . Good night . Cant . BENE FEAKERS . Counterfeiters of bills . Cant . BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES . Counterfeiters of passes . Cant . BENESHIPLY . Worshipfully . Cant . BEN . A ...
... liquor . Cant . BENE COVE . A good fellow . Cant . BENE DARKMANS . Good night . Cant . BENE FEAKERS . Counterfeiters of bills . Cant . BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES . Counterfeiters of passes . Cant . BENESHIPLY . Worshipfully . Cant . BEN . A ...
Pagina
... liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker . Cant . BINGO MORT . A female dram drinker . Cant . BINNACLE WORD . A fine or affected word , which sailors . jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND BABY . The sign of the ...
... liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker . Cant . BINGO MORT . A female dram drinker . Cant . BINNACLE WORD . A fine or affected word , which sailors . jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND BABY . The sign of the ...
Pagina
... liquor . BUBBLY JOCK . A turkey cock . Scotch . BUBBLE AND SQUEAK . Beef and cabbage fried together . It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the fire . BUBE . The venereal disease . BUCK . A blind horse ; also a ...
... liquor . BUBBLY JOCK . A turkey cock . Scotch . BUBBLE AND SQUEAK . Beef and cabbage fried together . It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the fire . BUBE . The venereal disease . BUCK . A blind horse ; also a ...
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