Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... dressed , hav- ing a large wig made out of oakum , or some old swabs , is seated on the side , or over a large vessel of water . Every person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him ...
... dressed , hav- ing a large wig made out of oakum , or some old swabs , is seated on the side , or over a large vessel of water . Every person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him ...
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... dressed up in a tawdry manner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are ...
... dressed up in a tawdry manner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are ...
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... dressed , lying in wait for raw country squires , or ignorant fops . I BECALMED . A Piece of sea wit , sported in ... Dressed out , over - dressed , or awkwardly or namented . BED - MAKER . Women employed at Cambridge to attend on ...
... dressed , lying in wait for raw country squires , or ignorant fops . I BECALMED . A Piece of sea wit , sported in ... Dressed out , over - dressed , or awkwardly or namented . BED - MAKER . Women employed at Cambridge to attend on ...
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... dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a ...
... dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a ...
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... dressed fellow . CAPTAIN SHARP . A cheating bully , or one in a set of gam- blers , whose office is to bully any pigeon , who , suspect- ing roguery , refuses to pay what he has lost . Cant . CAPTAIN TOм . The leader of a mob ; also the ...
... dressed fellow . CAPTAIN SHARP . A cheating bully , or one in a set of gam- blers , whose office is to bully any pigeon , who , suspect- ing roguery , refuses to pay what he has lost . Cant . CAPTAIN TOм . The leader of a mob ; also the ...
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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