Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... shoes of the soldiers , or to do any other dirty offices . These , from their constant attend- ance about the time of guard mounting , were nick - named the black - guards . BLACK JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves ...
... shoes of the soldiers , or to do any other dirty offices . These , from their constant attend- ance about the time of guard mounting , were nick - named the black - guards . BLACK JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves ...
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... shoe without a heel , worn in Ireland , and figuratively used to signify the Irish accent . BROTHER OF THE BLADE . A soldier . BUSKIN . A player . BUNG . A brewer . CoIF . A serjeant at law . GUSSET . A pimp . QUILL . An author . STRING ...
... shoe without a heel , worn in Ireland , and figuratively used to signify the Irish accent . BROTHER OF THE BLADE . A soldier . BUSKIN . A player . BUNG . A brewer . CoIF . A serjeant at law . GUSSET . A pimp . QUILL . An author . STRING ...
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... shoe - black's brush and wig , & c . Irish . CHERRY - COLOURED CAT . A black cat , there being black cherries as well as red . CHERUBIMS . Peevish children , because cherubims and sera- phims continually do cry . CHESHIRE CAT . He grins ...
... shoe - black's brush and wig , & c . Irish . CHERRY - COLOURED CAT . A black cat , there being black cherries as well as red . CHERUBIMS . Peevish children , because cherubims and sera- phims continually do cry . CHESHIRE CAT . He grins ...
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... Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ...
... Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ...
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... shoes , an improver of the under- standings of his customers ; a translator . COBBLERS PUNCH . Treacle , vinegar , gin , and water . COCK , OF CHIEF COCK OF THE WALK . The leading man in any society or body ; the best boxer in a village ...
... shoes , an improver of the under- standings of his customers ; a translator . COBBLERS PUNCH . Treacle , vinegar , gin , and water . COCK , OF CHIEF COCK OF THE WALK . The leading man in any society or body ; the best boxer in a village ...
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