Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... formerly the custom among gentlemen of that voca- tion . ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS . One who from drunken- ness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea ...
... formerly the custom among gentlemen of that voca- tion . ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS . One who from drunken- ness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea ...
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... formerly at court , under the denomination of selling bargains . See BARGAIN . ASSIG . An assignation . ATHANASIAN WENCH , or QUICUNQUE VULT . A forward girl , ready to oblige every man that shall ask her . AUNT . Mine aunt ; a bawd or ...
... formerly at court , under the denomination of selling bargains . See BARGAIN . ASSIG . An assignation . ATHANASIAN WENCH , or QUICUNQUE VULT . A forward girl , ready to oblige every man that shall ask her . AUNT . Mine aunt ; a bawd or ...
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... formerly spelt baston . BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of ...
... formerly spelt baston . BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening . BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of ...
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... formerly much in vogue . BET . A wager . - To BET . To lay a wager . BETTY MARTIN . That's my eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also ...
... formerly much in vogue . BET . A wager . - To BET . To lay a wager . BETTY MARTIN . That's my eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also ...
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... he is . It is a common saying of milk that is burnt too , that the bishop has set his foot in it . Formerly , when a bishop passed through a village , all the inhabitants ran ran out of their houses to solicit his blessing , BIS.
... he is . It is a common saying of milk that is burnt too , that the bishop has set his foot in it . Formerly , when a bishop passed through a village , all the inhabitants ran ran out of their houses to solicit his blessing , BIS.
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