A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... though fimilar to a colloquy between Lord Mans- feld and an officer of Eov - street , as mentioned in this paper fome time ago , as they are characteristic of what is called in the cant term feeing life , may not be unamufing to our ...
... though fimilar to a colloquy between Lord Mans- feld and an officer of Eov - street , as mentioned in this paper fome time ago , as they are characteristic of what is called in the cant term feeing life , may not be unamufing to our ...
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A term used for one burned in the hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned in the hand , and is at liberty . Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers ...
A term used for one burned in the hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned in the hand , and is at liberty . Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers ...
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A sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies , a cast that eat no- thing that had life . BAPTIZED , OR CHRISTENED . Rum , brandy , or any other spirits ...
A sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies , a cast that eat no- thing that had life . BAPTIZED , OR CHRISTENED . Rum , brandy , or any other spirits ...
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A term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK .
A term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK .
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Sea term . BEAST . To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation . Shakespeare in Othello . BEATER CASES . Boots . Cant . BEAU - NASTY . A slovenly fop ; one finely ...
Sea term . BEAST . To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation . Shakespeare in Othello . BEATER CASES . Boots . Cant . BEAU - NASTY . A slovenly fop ; one finely ...
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