Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... beat all hollow , i . e . he had no chance of conquering : it was all hollow , or a hollow thing , it was a decided thing from the beginning . See HOLLOW . ALL NATIONS . A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram - shop ...
... beat all hollow , i . e . he had no chance of conquering : it was all hollow , or a hollow thing , it was a decided thing from the beginning . See HOLLOW . ALL NATIONS . A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram - shop ...
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... beats Banaghan ; an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing ... beat . BANGING . Great ; a fine banging boy . BANG STRAW . A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the ...
... beats Banaghan ; an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing ... beat . BANGING . Great ; a fine banging boy . BANG STRAW . A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the ...
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... beat him heartily . BASTING . A beating . BASTONADING . Beating any one with a stick ; from baton , a stick , formerly spelt baston . BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a ...
... beat him heartily . BASTING . A beating . BASTONADING . Beating any one with a stick ; from baton , a stick , formerly spelt baston . BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a ...
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... takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLY FULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY " BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . BEL.
... takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLY FULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY " BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . BEL.
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... beating . BOTTOMLESS PIT . The monosyllable . BOUGHS.Wide in the boughs.with large hips and posteriors . BOUGHS . He is up in the boughs ; he is in a passion . To BOUNCE . To brag or hector ; also to tell an improba- ble story . To ...
... beating . BOTTOMLESS PIT . The monosyllable . BOUGHS.Wide in the boughs.with large hips and posteriors . BOUGHS . He is up in the boughs ; he is in a passion . To BOUNCE . To brag or hector ; also to tell an improba- ble story . To ...
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