Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... Breeches ; coat , waistcoat , and articles . ARTICLE . A wench . A prime article . A handsome girl . She's a a prime article ( Whip slang ) , she's a devilish good piece , a hell of a goer . ASK , or AX MY A -- E . A common reply to any ...
... Breeches ; coat , waistcoat , and articles . ARTICLE . A wench . A prime article . A handsome girl . She's a a prime article ( Whip slang ) , she's a devilish good piece , a hell of a goer . ASK , or AX MY A -- E . A common reply to any ...
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... breech . Buss blind cheeks ; kiss mine a - se . BLIND EXCUSE . A poor or insufficient excuse . A blind ale- house , lane , or alley ; an obscure , or little known or fre- quented ale - house , lane , or alley . BLIND HARPERS . Beggars ...
... breech . Buss blind cheeks ; kiss mine a - se . BLIND EXCUSE . A poor or insufficient excuse . A blind ale- house , lane , or alley ; an obscure , or little known or fre- quented ale - house , lane , or alley . BLIND HARPERS . Beggars ...
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... their sins . BREECHED . Money in the pocket : the swell is well breeched , let's draw him ; the gentleman has plenty of money in his pocket , let us rob him . BREECHES . BREECHES . To wear the breeches ; a woman who BRE.
... their sins . BREECHED . Money in the pocket : the swell is well breeched , let's draw him ; the gentleman has plenty of money in his pocket , let us rob him . BREECHES . BREECHES . To wear the breeches ; a woman who BRE.
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... BREECHES . To wear the breeches ; a woman who governs her husband is said to wear the breeches . BREECHES BIBLE . An edition of the Bible printed in 1598 , wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves together , and made ...
... BREECHES . To wear the breeches ; a woman who governs her husband is said to wear the breeches . BREECHES BIBLE . An edition of the Bible printed in 1598 , wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves together , and made ...
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... breech , or backside . TO BUM . To arrest a debtor . The gill bummed the swell for a thimble ; the tradesman arrested the gentle- man for a watch . BUM TRAP . A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors . Ware Ware hawke ! the bum traps are ...
... breech , or backside . TO BUM . To arrest a debtor . The gill bummed the swell for a thimble ; the tradesman arrested the gentle- man for a watch . BUM TRAP . A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors . Ware Ware hawke ! the bum traps are ...
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Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and ... Francis Grose Visualizzazione completa - 1811 |
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a-se allusion appellation Bartholomew Fair bawd bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT breeches bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat clothes COCK cove Covent Garden cuckold cull Devil dice DOG LATIN dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give goose guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor man's mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play plump pocket practised pretend prison prostitute public house QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea term sham sharper shoes signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word young