Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate ; and he there- fore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his work the few examples of ...
... young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate ; and he there- fore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his work the few examples of ...
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... young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on which no 1 . 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 ...
... young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on which no 1 . 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 ...
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... young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck . BELL , BOOK , AND CANDLE . They cursed him with bell , book , and candle ; an allusion to the popish form of ex- communicating and anathematizing persons who had of- fended the ...
... young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck . BELL , BOOK , AND CANDLE . They cursed him with bell , book , and candle ; an allusion to the popish form of ex- communicating and anathematizing persons who had of- fended the ...
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... young wench . BIDET , commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French bidets . BIENLY . Excellently ...
... young wench . BIDET , commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French bidets . BIENLY . Excellently ...
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... young men , whom he findswith her . See GREENHORN . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling . BULLY RUFFIANS . Highwaymen who attack passen . gers with oaths and imprecations . BULLY TRAP . A brave ...
... young men , whom he findswith her . See GREENHORN . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling . BULLY RUFFIANS . Highwaymen who attack passen . gers with oaths and imprecations . BULLY TRAP . A brave ...
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