Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles , and also for the gratuity given to grooms by the buyers and sellers of horses . BARREL FEVER . He died of ...
... kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles , and also for the gratuity given to grooms by the buyers and sellers of horses . BARREL FEVER . He died of ...
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... 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 . Excellently . She wheedled so bienly ; she coax- ed or flattered so ...
... 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 . Excellently . She wheedled so bienly ; she coax- ed or flattered so ...
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... kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a sur- geon rather below the market price , on receiving the mo ney , cried , A bite ! I am to be ...
... kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a sur- geon rather below the market price , on receiving the mo ney , cried , A bite ! I am to be ...
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... kind of shoe without a heel , worn in Ireland , and 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 ...
... kind of shoe without a heel , worn in Ireland , and 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 ...
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... kind of floating chandler's shop . BUM FODDER . Soft paper for the necessary house or tor- checul . BUMFIDDLE . The backside , the breech . See ARS MUSICA . BUMBO . Brandy , water , and sugar ; also the negro name for the private parts ...
... kind of floating chandler's shop . BUM FODDER . Soft paper for the necessary house or tor- checul . BUMFIDDLE . The backside , the breech . See ARS MUSICA . BUMBO . Brandy , water , and sugar ; also the negro name for the private parts ...
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