Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in 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 ...
... fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in 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 ...
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... fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long ...
... fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long ...
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... fair - complexioned wench . BLEATERS . Those cheated by Jack in a box . Cant .--- See JACK IN A Box . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he ...
... fair - complexioned wench . BLEATERS . Those cheated by Jack in a box . Cant .--- See JACK IN A Box . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he ...
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... for a robbery , when many persons are on the road , on account of a horse- race , fair , or some other public meeting . CATER COUSINS . Good friends . He and I are not cater 7 cousins , cousins , i . e . we are not even CAT.
... for a robbery , when many persons are on the road , on account of a horse- race , fair , or some other public meeting . CATER COUSINS . Good friends . He and I are not cater 7 cousins , cousins , i . e . we are not even CAT.
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... fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a - se . A like answer is current in France : any one asking the road or distance to Macon , a city near Lyons , would be answered by a French lady of easy virtue , Met- tez votre ...
... fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a - se . A like answer is current in France : any one asking the road or distance to Macon , a city near Lyons , would be answered by a French lady of easy virtue , Met- tez votre ...
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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