Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... expression , is as impossible as for a Buxton to construe the Greek Testament . To sport an Upper Benja- min , and to swear with a good grace , are qualifications easily attainable by their cockney imitators ; but without the aid of our ...
... expression , is as impossible as for a Buxton to construe the Greek Testament . To sport an Upper Benja- min , and to swear with a good grace , are qualifications easily attainable by their cockney imitators ; but without the aid of our ...
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... expression or idea taken from a cat ; that animal , when angry , always raising its back . An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ; as , So , Sir , I see somebody has offended you , for your back is up . BACON . He has ...
... expression or idea taken from a cat ; that animal , when angry , always raising its back . An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ; as , So , Sir , I see somebody has offended you , for your back is up . BACON . He has ...
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... expression . Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies , called likewise pedlar's French , the slang , & c . & c . CANTERS , OF THE CANTING CREW . Thieves , beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See ...
... expression . Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies , called likewise pedlar's French , the slang , & c . & c . CANTERS , OF THE CANTING CREW . Thieves , beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See ...
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... expressing all out . CARRIERS . A set of rogues who are employed to look ou and watch upon the roads , at inns , & c . in order to carry information to their respective gangs , of a booty in pro spect . CARRIERS . Pigeons which carry ...
... expressing all out . CARRIERS . A set of rogues who are employed to look ou and watch upon the roads , at inns , & c . in order to carry information to their respective gangs , of a booty in pro spect . CARRIERS . Pigeons which carry ...
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... expression , I do not care a dam , i . e . I dó not care half a farthing for it . DAMBER . A rascal . See DIMBER . DAMME BOY . A roaring , mad , blustering fellow , a scourer of the streets , or kicker up of a breeze . DAMNED SOUL . A ...
... expression , I do not care a dam , i . e . I dó not care half a farthing for it . DAMBER . A rascal . See DIMBER . DAMME BOY . A roaring , mad , blustering fellow , a scourer of the streets , or kicker up of a breeze . DAMNED SOUL . A ...
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