Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... COCK AND A BULL . A round- about , nonsensical story . Cant . Well BANDOG . A bailiff or his follower ; also a very fierce mastiff : likewise , a bandbox . BANG UP . ( Whip . ) Quite the thing , hellish fine . done . Compleat . Dashing ...
... COCK AND A BULL . A round- about , nonsensical story . Cant . Well BANDOG . A bailiff or his follower ; also a very fierce mastiff : likewise , a bandbox . BANG UP . ( Whip . ) Quite the thing , hellish fine . done . Compleat . Dashing ...
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... cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are adjudged by that respectable as- sembly sembly to be put into a basket suspended over the. BAS.
... cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are adjudged by that respectable as- sembly sembly to be put into a basket suspended over the. BAS.
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... cock- pit : so called , perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from game - cocks whose legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go ...
... cock- pit : so called , perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from game - cocks whose legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go ...
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... COCK ROACHES . A sea term for masturbation ; a crime , it is said , much prac- tised by the reverend fathers of that society . BRACE . The Brace tavern ; a room in the S. E. corner of the King's King's Bench , where , for the ...
... COCK ROACHES . A sea term for masturbation ; a crime , it is said , much prac- tised by the reverend fathers of that society . BRACE . The Brace tavern ; a room in the S. E. corner of the King's King's Bench , where , for the ...
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... 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 gay debauchee . TO RUN A BUCK ...
... 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 gay debauchee . TO RUN A BUCK ...
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