Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... prison win- dow with a cap , or box , let down at the end of a long string . ANKLE . A girl who is got with child , is said to have sprained her ankle . ANODYNE NECKLACE . A halter . ANTHONY OF TANTONY PIG . The favourite or smallest ...
... prison win- dow with a cap , or box , let down at the end of a long string . ANKLE . A girl who is got with child , is said to have sprained her ankle . ANODYNE NECKLACE . A halter . ANTHONY OF TANTONY PIG . The favourite or smallest ...
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... prison . Cant . TO BILK . To cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought ...
... prison . Cant . TO BILK . To cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought ...
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... Prisons , houses of correction , & c . BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS . Finished . The game is blocked at both ends ; the game is ended . BLOOD . A riotous disorderly fellow . BLOOD FOR BLOOD . A term used by tradesmen for barter- ing the ...
... Prisons , houses of correction , & c . BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS . Finished . The game is blocked at both ends ; the game is ended . BLOOD . A riotous disorderly fellow . BLOOD FOR BLOOD . A term used by tradesmen for barter- ing the ...
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... prison , or house of correction . BOB . A shoplifter's assistant , or one that receives and car- ries off stolen goods . All is bob ; all is safe . Cant . Вов . A shilling . BOBBED . Cheated , tricked , disappointed . BOBBISH . Smart ...
... prison , or house of correction . BOB . A shoplifter's assistant , or one that receives and car- ries off stolen goods . All is bob ; all is safe . Cant . Вов . A shilling . BOBBED . Cheated , tricked , disappointed . BOBBISH . Smart ...
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... prison . CHUMMAGE . Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench , to the poorer , for their share of a room . When prisons are very full , which is too often the case , particularly on the eve of an ...
... prison . CHUMMAGE . Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench , to the poorer , for their share of a room . When prisons are very full , which is too often the case , particularly on the eve of an ...
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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