Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating Academy ; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined , who by a late regulation are ...
... rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating Academy ; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined , who by a late regulation are ...
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... invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc- B 2 kets , kets , which they threw into the eyes of any A MU.
... invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc- B 2 kets , kets , which they threw into the eyes of any A MU.
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... ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL , or ARCH DOXY , signifies ... Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel ...
... ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL , or ARCH DOXY , signifies ... Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel ...
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... Rogues , of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT . He was in his birth - day suit , that is , stark naked . BISHOP . A mixture of wine and water , into which is put a roasted ' orange . Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses ...
... Rogues , of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT . He was in his birth - day suit , that is , stark naked . BISHOP . A mixture of wine and water , into which is put a roasted ' orange . Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses ...
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... 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 abandoned To BLAST , To BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A calf. BLA.
... 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 abandoned To BLAST , To BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A calf. BLA.
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