Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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Cant . AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business . Stow the books , the culls are awake ; hide the cards , the fellows know what we intended to do .
Cant . AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business . Stow the books , the culls are awake ; hide the cards , the fellows know what we intended to do .
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He grappled the cull's bit ; he seized the man's money . A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica , equal to about sixpence sterling . BITCH . A she dog , or doggess ; the most offensive appella- tion that can be given to an English ...
He grappled the cull's bit ; he seized the man's money . A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica , equal to about sixpence sterling . BITCH . A she dog , or doggess ; the most offensive appella- tion that can be given to an English ...
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A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth , meant either by gagging or murdering him . To BLUBBER .
A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth , meant either by gagging or murdering him . To BLUBBER .
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The cull is leaky , and cackles ; the rogue tells all . Cant . See LEAKY . CACKLER . A hen . CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost . CACKLING CHEATS . Fowls . Fowls . Cant . Cant , CACKLING FARTS . Eggs . Cant . CADDEE . A helper .
The cull is leaky , and cackles ; the rogue tells all . Cant . See LEAKY . CACKLER . A hen . CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost . CACKLING CHEATS . Fowls . Fowls . Cant . Cant , CACKLING FARTS . Eggs . Cant . CADDEE . A helper .
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... and the rest of the 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 .
... and the rest of the 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 .
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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 | Oxford University |
| Digitalizzato | 18 lug 2007 |
| Lunghezza | 221 pagine |
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