Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices . ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS . Begging out of a prison win- dow with a cap , or box , let down ...
... steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices . ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS . Begging out of a prison win- dow with a cap , or box , let down ...
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... Stealing brass weights off the coun- AUTEM BAWLER . A parson . Cant . AUTEM CACKLERS . AUTEM PRICKEARS . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM CACKLE TUE . A conventicle or meeting - house for dissenters . Cant . AUTEM DIPPERS ...
... Stealing brass weights off the coun- AUTEM BAWLER . A parson . Cant . AUTEM CACKLERS . AUTEM PRICKEARS . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM CACKLE TUE . A conventicle or meeting - house for dissenters . Cant . AUTEM DIPPERS ...
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... stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least reprehensible ...
... stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses , to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least reprehensible ...
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... steal a portmanteau . To bite the wiper , to steal a handkerchief . To bite on the bridle ; to be pinch- ed or reduced to dffiiculties . Hark ye , friend , whether do they bite in the collar or the cod - piece ? Water wit to anglers ...
... steal a portmanteau . To bite the wiper , to steal a handkerchief . To bite on the bridle ; to be pinch- ed or reduced to dffiiculties . Hark ye , friend , whether do they bite in the collar or the cod - piece ? Water wit to anglers ...
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... stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW . A metaphor borrowed from fish , which will ...
... stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW . A metaphor borrowed from fish , which will ...
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