Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... CANTING CREW . Thieves , beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See LINGO . CANTERBURY STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAP . To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . ΤΟ CAP . To ...
... CANTING CREW . Thieves , beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See LINGO . CANTERBURY STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAP . To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . ΤΟ CAP . To ...
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... canting crew . Cant . - Aiso , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ballad - singers . Cant . CHAUNT . A song ...
... canting crew . Cant . - Aiso , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ballad - singers . Cant . CHAUNT . A song ...
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... Cant . CREEPERS . Gentlemen's companions , lice . CREW . A knot or gang ; also a boat or ship's company . The canting crew are thus divided into twenty - three orders , which see under the different words : 1 Rufflers MEN . 9 Jarkmen ...
... Cant . CREEPERS . Gentlemen's companions , lice . CREW . A knot or gang ; also a boat or ship's company . The canting crew are thus divided into twenty - three orders , which see under the different words : 1 Rufflers MEN . 9 Jarkmen ...
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... crew : also the chief rogue of the gang , or the complet- est cheat . Cant . DING . To knock down . To ding it in ... canting lingo , styled a Dinger . DING BOY . A rogue , a hector , a bully , or sharper . Cant . DING DONG ...
... crew : also the chief rogue of the gang , or the complet- est cheat . Cant . DING . To knock down . To ding it in ... canting lingo , styled a Dinger . DING BOY . A rogue , a hector , a bully , or sharper . Cant . DING DONG ...
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... Cant . OLD DOG AT IT . Expert , accustomed . OLD HAND . Knowing or expert in any business . OLD HARRY . A composition used by vintners to ... canting crew . Cant . OMNIUM OMNIUM GATHERUM . The whole together : jocular imita- tion.
... Cant . OLD DOG AT IT . Expert , accustomed . OLD HAND . Knowing or expert in any business . OLD HARRY . A composition used by vintners to ... canting crew . Cant . OMNIUM OMNIUM GATHERUM . The whole together : jocular imita- tion.
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