Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least ...
... live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least ...
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... , as usual , over the left thumb . Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . D CAT'S CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; CAT.
... , as usual , over the left thumb . Sea term . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . D CAT'S CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; CAT.
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... live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists , have nine ...
... live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ; spoken of married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists , have nine ...
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... live stock or chattels of beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs ...
... live stock or chattels of beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs ...
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... live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES . Thieves ...
... live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES . Thieves ...
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a-se allusion appellation Bartholomew Fair bawd bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT breeches bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat clothes COCK cove Covent Garden cuckold cull Devil dice DOG LATIN dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give goose guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor man's mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play plump pocket practised pretend prison prostitute public house QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea term sham sharper shoes signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word young