Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... hanged from the new drop ; or , it would be a dead leg , viz . tranfportation for life . The fe- cond reported that things did not go on fo rumly with him as at firft , for the Counfel had gammon- ed for him , and fo bothered , viz ...
... hanged from the new drop ; or , it would be a dead leg , viz . tranfportation for life . The fe- cond reported that things did not go on fo rumly with him as at firft , for the Counfel had gammon- ed for him , and fo bothered , viz ...
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... hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to give to each soldier gratis . ACTEON . A cuckold , from the ...
... hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to give to each soldier gratis . ACTEON . A cuckold , from the ...
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... hanged . In many country places , persons hanged are made to mount up a ladder , which is afterwards turned round or taken away , whence the term , " Turned off . " BEDFORDSHIRE . I am for Bedfordshire , i.e. for going to bed ...
... hanged . In many country places , persons hanged are made to mount up a ladder , which is afterwards turned round or taken away , whence the term , " Turned off . " BEDFORDSHIRE . I am for Bedfordshire , i.e. for going to bed ...
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... hanged . Who Mr. Beilby was , or why that ceremony was so called , remains with the quadrature of the circle , the discovery of the phi- losopher's stone , and divers other desiderata yet undisco- vered . BELCH . All sorts of beer ...
... hanged . Who Mr. Beilby was , or why that ceremony was so called , remains with the quadrature of the circle , the discovery of the phi- losopher's stone , and divers other desiderata yet undisco- vered . BELCH . All sorts of beer ...
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... hanged in chains . - To bite the roger ; to steal a portmanteau . To bite the wiper , to steal a handkerchief . To bite on the bridle ; to be pinch- ed or reduced to dffiiculties . Hark ye , friend , whether do they bite in the collar ...
... hanged in chains . - To bite the roger ; to steal a portmanteau . To bite the wiper , to steal a handkerchief . To bite on the bridle ; to be pinch- ed or reduced to dffiiculties . Hark ye , friend , whether do they bite in the collar ...
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