Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A ...
... given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A ...
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... given in has been discharged ; a charge for pretended omissions ; in short , any thing disagreeable happening after all consequences of the cause have been thought at an end . AGAINST THE GRAIN . Unwilling . It went much against the ...
... given in has been discharged ; a charge for pretended omissions ; in short , any thing disagreeable happening after all consequences of the cause have been thought at an end . AGAINST THE GRAIN . Unwilling . It went much against the ...
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... given to grooms by the buyers and sellers of horses . BARREL FEVER . He died of the barrel fever ; he killed himself by drinking . BARROW MAN . A man under sentence of transportation ; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich , who are ...
... given to grooms by the buyers and sellers of horses . BARREL FEVER . He died of the barrel fever ; he killed himself by drinking . BARROW MAN . A man under sentence of transportation ; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich , who are ...
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... given to wenching . BEARINGS . I'll bring him to his bearings ; I'll bring him to reason . Sea term . BEAST . To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation ...
... given to wenching . BEARINGS . I'll bring him to his bearings ; I'll bring him to reason . Sea term . BEAST . To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation ...
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... given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY . His eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than ...
... given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY . His eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than ...
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