Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ; where , speaking of Eolus he has ...
... never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ; where , speaking of Eolus he has ...
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... never fail you . ***** and BERMUDAS . A cant name for certain places in London , privileged against arrests , like the Mint in Southwark . Ben . Jonson . These privileges are abolished . BESS , OF BETTY . A small instrument used by ...
... never fail you . ***** and BERMUDAS . A cant name for certain places in London , privileged against arrests , like the Mint in Southwark . Ben . Jonson . These privileges are abolished . BESS , OF BETTY . A small instrument used by ...
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... never at- chieved the adventure : and to tip the blarney , is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An ...
... never at- chieved the adventure : and to tip the blarney , is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An ...
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... never returns borrowed books . Out of one's books ; out of one's favor . Out of his books out of debt . BOOT CATCHER . The servant at an inn whose business it is to clean the boots of the ... NEVER NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT . Said of any BOR.
... never returns borrowed books . Out of one's books ; out of one's favor . Out of his books out of debt . BOOT CATCHER . The servant at an inn whose business it is to clean the boots of the ... NEVER NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT . Said of any BOR.
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... NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT . Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession . BOTCH . A nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED or BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ- ent persons at the same time ...
... NEVER TO BE WORTH A GROAT . Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession . BOTCH . A nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED or BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ- ent persons at the same time ...
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