A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel .
A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel .
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To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to 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 ...
To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to 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 ...
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Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat , boarding it , plundering , stripping , and throwing them overboard , & c .
Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat , boarding it , plundering , stripping , and throwing them overboard , & c .
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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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... who never at- chieved the adventure : and to tip the blarney , is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute ...
... who never at- chieved the adventure : and to tip the blarney , is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute ...
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answer beat blow breeches called Cant carried cheat child clothes COCK cold common cull derived Devil door dressed drink drop drunk expression eyes face fair fellow figuratively fire formerly French frequently girl give given hand hanged head horse Irish iron JACK keep kind king king's legs liquor live London look man's married means mouth never nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person pick pickpocket piece play pocket pretend prison QUAKER QUEER rogue saying shilling side signify soldier stand steal story supposed sword tail taken term thieves thing turn vulgar watch wench whipped wife woman women young