Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... sharper neatly dressed , lying in wait for raw country squires , or ignorant fops . I BECALMED . A Piece of sea wit , sported in hot weather . am becalmed , the sail sticks to the mast ; that is , my shirt sticks to my back . His prad ...
... sharper neatly dressed , lying in wait for raw country squires , or ignorant fops . I BECALMED . A Piece of sea wit , sported in hot weather . am becalmed , the sail sticks to the mast ; that is , my shirt sticks to my back . His prad ...
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... sharper on the turf or in the cock- pit : so called , perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from game - cocks whose legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or ...
... sharper on the turf or in the cock- pit : so called , perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from game - cocks whose legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or ...
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... sharper for one of the gang . A BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD . One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions , a blood or choice spirit . There are in London divers lodges or societies of Bucks , formed in imitation of the Free ...
... sharper for one of the gang . A BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD . One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions , a blood or choice spirit . There are in London divers lodges or societies of Bucks , formed in imitation of the Free ...
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... sharper to draw in a friend ; also , to counteract or disappoint . Cunt . - This is peculiarly used to signify entrapping a man so as to obtain erim . con . money , in which the wife , real or supposed , con- spires with the husband ...
... sharper to draw in a friend ; also , to counteract or disappoint . Cunt . - This is peculiarly used to signify entrapping a man so as to obtain erim . con . money , in which the wife , real or supposed , con- spires with the husband ...
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... sharper . Cant . DING DONG . Helter skelter , in a hasty disorderly manner . DINGEY Christian . A mulatto ; or any one who has , as the West - Indian term is , a lick of the tar - brush , that is , some negro blood in him . DINING ROOM ...
... sharper . Cant . DING DONG . Helter skelter , in a hasty disorderly manner . DINGEY Christian . A mulatto ; or any one who has , as the West - Indian term is , a lick of the tar - brush , that is , some negro blood in him . DINING ROOM ...
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