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
... taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ ent persons at the same time , confounded , confused . Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . BOTTOM . A polite term for the ...
... taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ ent persons at the same time , confounded , confused . Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . BOTTOM . A polite term for the ...
Pagina
... taylor who submits to the law for regulating journeymen taylors ' wages , therefore deemed by the flints a coward . See FLINTS . DUNNOCK . A cow . Cant . To DUP . To open a door : a contraction of do ope or open . See DUB . DURHAM MAN ...
... taylor who submits to the law for regulating journeymen taylors ' wages , therefore deemed by the flints a coward . See FLINTS . DUNNOCK . A cow . Cant . To DUP . To open a door : a contraction of do ope or open . See DUB . DURHAM MAN ...
Pagina
... taylor who gives long credit . His faith has made him unwhole ; i . e . trusting too much , broke him . FAIR . A set of subterraneous rooms in the Fleet Prison . FAKEMENT . A counterfeit signature . A forgery . Tell the macers to mind ...
... taylor who gives long credit . His faith has made him unwhole ; i . e . trusting too much , broke him . FAIR . A set of subterraneous rooms in the Fleet Prison . FAKEMENT . A counterfeit signature . A forgery . Tell the macers to mind ...
Pagina
... taylor's goose ; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams , for which purpose it must be heated : hence it is a jocular saying , that a taylor , be he ever so poor , is always sure to have a goose at his fire . He can- not say boh ...
... taylor's goose ; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams , for which purpose it must be heated : hence it is a jocular saying , that a taylor , be he ever so poor , is always sure to have a goose at his fire . He can- not say boh ...
Pagina
... taylor's repository for his stolen goods , called cab- bage : see CABBAGE . Little hell ; a small dark covered passage , leading from London - wall to Bell - alley . HELL - BORN BABE . A lewd graceless youth , one naturally of a wicked ...
... taylor's repository for his stolen goods , called cab- bage : see CABBAGE . Little hell ; a small dark covered passage , leading from London - wall to Bell - alley . HELL - BORN BABE . A lewd graceless youth , one naturally of a wicked ...
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