Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A lady's waiting - maid . ABRAM . Naked . Cant . ABRAM COVE . A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty ...
... play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A lady's waiting - maid . ABRAM . Naked . Cant . ABRAM COVE . A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty ...
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... played on board ships in the warm la- titudes . It is thus managed : A large tub is filled with water , and two ... plays the Am- bassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him , is led in great form up to the throne ...
... played on board ships in the warm la- titudes . It is thus managed : A large tub is filled with water , and two ... plays the Am- bassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him , is led in great form up to the throne ...
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... played by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visitors . APRIL FOOL . Any one imposed on , or sent on a bootless errand , on the first of April ; which day it is the custom among the lower people ...
... played by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visitors . APRIL FOOL . Any one imposed on , or sent on a bootless errand , on the first of April ; which day it is the custom among the lower people ...
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... PLAYER . A sodomite . BACK DOOR ( USHER , OF GENTLEMAN OF THE ) . The same . BAD BARGAIN . One of his majesty's bad bargains ; a worthless soldier , a malingeror . See MALINGEROR . BADGE . A term used for one burned in the hand . He has ...
... PLAYER . A sodomite . BACK DOOR ( USHER , OF GENTLEMAN OF THE ) . The same . BAD BARGAIN . One of his majesty's bad bargains ; a worthless soldier , a malingeror . See MALINGEROR . BADGE . A term used for one burned in the hand . He has ...
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... playing tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Ke- nelm Digby and Ben Jonson . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on ...
... playing tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Ke- nelm Digby and Ben Jonson . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on ...
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