Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... figuratively a young wench . BIDET , commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French bidets . BIENLY ...
... figuratively a young wench . BIDET , commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French bidets . BIENLY ...
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... figuratively the black joke signifies the monosyllable . See MONOSYL- LABLE . BLACK INDIES . Newcastle upon Tyne , whose rich coal mines prove an Indies to the proprietors . BLACKLEGS . A gambler or sharper on the turf or in the cock ...
... figuratively the black joke signifies the monosyllable . See MONOSYL- LABLE . BLACK INDIES . Newcastle upon Tyne , whose rich coal mines prove an Indies to the proprietors . BLACKLEGS . A gambler or sharper on the turf or in the cock ...
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... Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob - tail ; a mob of all sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; to move ...
... Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob - tail ; a mob of all sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; to move ...
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... figuratively used to signify the Irish accent . BROTHER OF THE BLADE . A soldier . BUSKIN . A player . BUNG . A brewer . CoIF . A serjeant at law . GUSSET . A pimp . QUILL . An author . STRING . A fiddler . WHIP . A coachman . BROTHER ...
... figuratively used to signify the Irish accent . BROTHER OF THE BLADE . A soldier . BUSKIN . A player . BUNG . A brewer . CoIF . A serjeant at law . GUSSET . A pimp . QUILL . An author . STRING . A fiddler . WHIP . A coachman . BROTHER ...
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... Figuratively , an unanswerable objection : also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers ; it was of iron , shaped like a pear ; this they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money ; and on turning a ...
... Figuratively , an unanswerable objection : also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers ; it was of iron , shaped like a pear ; this they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money ; and on turning a ...
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