Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... Cant . ABRAM COVE . A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating ...
... Cant . ABRAM COVE . A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating ...
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... Cant . ARMOUR . In his armour , pot valiant : to fight in armour ; to make use of Mrs. Philips's ware . See C -- D -- M . ARK . A boat or wherry . Let us take an ark and winns , let us take a sculler . Cant . ARK RUFFIANS . Rogues who ...
... Cant . ARMOUR . In his armour , pot valiant : to fight in armour ; to make use of Mrs. Philips's ware . See C -- D -- M . ARK . A boat or wherry . Let us take an ark and winns , let us take a sculler . Cant . ARK RUFFIANS . Rogues who ...
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... Cant . See DELLS . AVOIR DU POIS LAY . ters of shops . Cant . AUTEM . A church . Stealing brass weights off the coun- AUTEM BAWLER . A parson . Cant . AUTEM CACKLERS . AUTEM PRICKEARS . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM ...
... Cant . See DELLS . AVOIR DU POIS LAY . ters of shops . Cant . AUTEM . A church . Stealing brass weights off the coun- AUTEM BAWLER . A parson . Cant . AUTEM CACKLERS . AUTEM PRICKEARS . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM ...
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... Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers , into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered . Cant . BAG . He gave them the bag , i . e . left them . BAG OF ...
... Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers , into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered . Cant . BAG . He gave them the bag , i . e . left them . BAG OF ...
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... Cant . BEAU - NASTY . Aslovenly fop ; one finely dressed , but dirty . BEAU TRAP . A loose stone in a pavement , under which water lodges , and on being trod upon , squirts it up , to the great damage of white stockings ; also a sharper ...
... Cant . BEAU - NASTY . Aslovenly fop ; one finely dressed , but dirty . BEAU TRAP . A loose stone in a pavement , under which water lodges , and on being trod upon , squirts it up , to the great damage of white stockings ; also a sharper ...
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