Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se to an anchor , i . e . sit down ...
... half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se to an anchor , i . e . sit down ...
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... or magistrate . Also a judge or chairman who presides in court . I clapp'd my peepers full of tears , and so the old beak set me free ; I began to weep , and the judge setme free . BEAN BEAN . A guinea . Half bean ; half a. BEA.
... or magistrate . Also a judge or chairman who presides in court . I clapp'd my peepers full of tears , and so the old beak set me free ; I began to weep , and the judge setme free . BEAN BEAN . A guinea . Half bean ; half a. BEA.
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... Half bean ; half a guinea . BEAR . One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity or sum of stock in the public funds , on a future day , and at stated price ; or , in other words , sells what he has not got , like the huntsman in the ...
... Half bean ; half a guinea . BEAR . One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity or sum of stock in the public funds , on a future day , and at stated price ; or , in other words , sells what he has not got , like the huntsman in the ...
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... half borde ; a sixpence , BORDELLO . A bawdy house . BORE . A tedious , troublesome man or woman , one who bores the ears of his hearers with an uninteresting tale ; a term much in fashion about the years 1780 and 1781 . BORN UNDER A ...
... half borde ; a sixpence , BORDELLO . A bawdy house . BORE . A tedious , troublesome man or woman , one who bores the ears of his hearers with an uninteresting tale ; a term much in fashion about the years 1780 and 1781 . BORN UNDER A ...
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... half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses , like raw head and bloody bones . BULL CALF . A great hulkey or clumsy fellow . See HULKEY . BULL ...
... half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses , like raw head and bloody bones . BULL CALF . A great hulkey or clumsy fellow . See HULKEY . BULL ...
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