Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . EGROTAT ... persons who have no effects of the drawer . ALE DRAPER . An alehouse keeper . ALE POST . A may - pole . ALL - A - MORT ...
... person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . EGROTAT ... persons who have no effects of the drawer . ALE DRAPER . An alehouse keeper . ALE POST . A may - pole . ALL - A - MORT ...
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... persons , who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country , and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the Am- bassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him , is led in great ...
... persons , who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country , and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the Am- bassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him , is led in great ...
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... person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with ...
... person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with ...
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... persons on absurd messages , and such like contrivances , to impose on every one they can , and then to salute them with ... person . A -- e about ; turn round . ARSY VARSEY . To fall arsy varsey , i . e . head over heels . ARTHUR ARTHUR ...
... persons on absurd messages , and such like contrivances , to impose on every one they can , and then to salute them with ... person . A -- e about ; turn round . ARSY VARSEY . To fall arsy varsey , i . e . head over heels . ARTHUR ARTHUR ...
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... person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him , crying , hail , king Arthur ! if during this ceremony the person intro- duced laughs or smiles ( to which his majesty endeavours to ...
... person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him , crying , hail , king Arthur ! if during this ceremony the person intro- duced laughs or smiles ( to which his majesty endeavours to ...
Parole e frasi comuni
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 phrase 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
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence Mary De Renne collection |
| Autore | Francis Grose |
| Curatore | Hewson Clarke |
| Illustrato da | George Cruikshank |
| Editore | C. Chappel, 1811 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitalizzato | 19 set 2012 |
| Lunghezza | 221 pagine |
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