Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... practised in Scot- land under the title of Hunting the Gowke . * AFRON STRING HOLD . An estate held by a man dur- ing his wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin . ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A ...
... practised in Scot- land under the title of Hunting the Gowke . * AFRON STRING HOLD . An estate held by a man dur- ing his wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin . ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A ...
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... practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently per mitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . See Duke of Rochefoucalt's ...
... practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently per mitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . See Duke of Rochefoucalt's ...
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... practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat . The bet being made , a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted , and the end ...
... practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat . The bet being made , a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted , and the end ...
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... practised by the London fishmongers , in order to make it eat firm ; cod , and other crimped fish , being a fa- vourite dish among voluptuaries and epicures . CRINKUM CRANKUM . A woman's commodity . See SPEC- TATOR . CRINKUMS . The foul ...
... practised by the London fishmongers , in order to make it eat firm ; cod , and other crimped fish , being a fa- vourite dish among voluptuaries and epicures . CRINKUM CRANKUM . A woman's commodity . See SPEC- TATOR . CRINKUMS . The foul ...
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... practised by the inhabitants of those places , on sailors and travel- lers . DEVIL DRAWER . A miserable painter . DEVIL'S DUNG . Assafoetida . DEVIL'S GUTS , A surveyor's chain : so called by farmers , who do not like their land should ...
... practised by the inhabitants of those places , on sailors and travel- lers . DEVIL DRAWER . A miserable painter . DEVIL'S DUNG . Assafoetida . DEVIL'S GUTS , A surveyor's chain : so called by farmers , who do not like their land should ...
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