Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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The shopman of a bow - wow shop , or dealer in second hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every passenger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what d'ye ...
The shopman of a bow - wow shop , or dealer in second hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every passenger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what d'ye ...
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Garnish money , or money for drink , demanded of any one having a new suit of clothes . BIBLE . A boatswain's great axe . Sea term . BIBLE OATH . Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only as ...
Garnish money , or money for drink , demanded of any one having a new suit of clothes . BIBLE . A boatswain's great axe . Sea term . BIBLE OATH . Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only as ...
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1 and open in the dark , to steal cloaks or other clothes . Also lambs ' fur formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy : To BUDGE .
1 and open in the dark , to steal cloaks or other clothes . Also lambs ' fur formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy : To BUDGE .
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A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her petticoats on ; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity ofbeds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently permitted ...
A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her petticoats on ; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity ofbeds , where , on such an occasion , husbands and parents frequently permitted ...
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To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed : it consists in pulling off all the bed clothes from them , and throwing cold water upon them . COLD PUDDING . This is said to ' settle one's love . COLE .
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed : it consists in pulling off all the bed clothes from them , and throwing cold water upon them . COLD PUDDING . This is said to ' settle one's love . COLE .
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beat blow breeches called Cant carried cheat child clothes cock cold common cull derived Devil door dressed drink drop drunk expression eyes face fellow figuratively fire formerly French frequently girl give given half hand hanged head horse Irish iron JACK keep kind king king's legs liquor live London look man's married means mouth never nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person pick pickpocket piece play pocket practised pretend prison QUAKER queer rogue saying shilling shoes side signify soldier stand steal story supposed sword tail taken term thieves thing town turn vulgar wench whipped wife woman women young
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| Titolo | Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence Mary De Renne collection |
| Autore | Francis Grose |
| Curatore | Hewson Clarke |
| Illustrato da | George Cruikshank |
| Editore | C. Chappel, 1811 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitalizzato | 19 set 2012 |
| Lunghezza | 224 pagine |
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