A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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To look blank ; to appear disappointed or con- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular stone ...
To look blank ; to appear disappointed or con- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular stone ...
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To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed , Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure , BLUE BOAR , A venereal bubo , • BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced ...
To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed , Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure , BLUE BOAR , A venereal bubo , • BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced ...
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... why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . 66 BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C 2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow . BOLT UPRIGHT . As BOL.
... why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . 66 BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C 2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow . BOLT UPRIGHT . As BOL.
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To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which ...
To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which ...
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Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to our panney ; keep a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si- tuated . BUM BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being ...
Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to our panney ; keep a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si- tuated . BUM BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being ...
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