Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... dressed , hav- ing a large wig made out of oakum , or some old swabs , is seated on the side , or over a large vessel of water . Every person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him ...
... dressed , hav- ing a large wig made out of oakum , or some old swabs , is seated on the side , or over a large vessel of water . Every person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him ...
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... dressed up in a tawdry manner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are ...
... dressed up in a tawdry manner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are ...
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... dressed , lying in wait for raw country squires , or ignorant fops . BECALMED . A Piece of sea wit , sported in hot ... Dressed out , over - dressed , or awkwardly or- namented . BED - MAKER . Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the ...
... dressed , lying in wait for raw country squires , or ignorant fops . BECALMED . A Piece of sea wit , sported in hot ... Dressed out , over - dressed , or awkwardly or- namented . BED - MAKER . Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the ...
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... dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a ...
... dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a ...
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... dressed fellow . CAPTAIN SHARP . A cheating bully , or one in a set of gam- blers , whose office is to bully any pigeon , who , suspect- ing roguery , refuses to pay what he has lost . Cant . CAPTAIN TOм . The leader of a mob ; also the ...
... dressed fellow . CAPTAIN SHARP . A cheating bully , or one in a set of gam- blers , whose office is to bully any pigeon , who , suspect- ing roguery , refuses to pay what he has lost . Cant . CAPTAIN TOм . The leader of a mob ; also the ...
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