Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... children , and servants , by drop- ping empty papers carefully doubled up , sending persons on absurd messages , and such like contrivances , to impose on every one they can , and then to salute them with the title of April Fool .
... children , and servants , by drop- ping empty papers carefully doubled up , sending persons on absurd messages , and such like contrivances , to impose on every one they can , and then to salute them with the title of April Fool .
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COD'S HEAD . A stupid fellow . COFFEE HOUSE . A necessary house . To make a coffee- house of a woman's **** ; to go in and out and spend nothing . COG . The money , or whatsoever the sweeteners drop to draw in a bubble . COG . A tooth .
COD'S HEAD . A stupid fellow . COFFEE HOUSE . A necessary house . To make a coffee- house of a woman's **** ; to go in and out and spend nothing . COG . The money , or whatsoever the sweeteners drop to draw in a bubble . COG . A tooth .
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DROP . The new drop ; a contrivance for executing felons at Newgate , by means of a platform , which drops from un- der them this is also called the last drop . See LEAF . See MORNINg Drop , DROP A COG .
DROP . The new drop ; a contrivance for executing felons at Newgate , by means of a platform , which drops from un- der them this is also called the last drop . See LEAF . See MORNINg Drop , DROP A COG .
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DUC DROP IN THE EYE . Almost drunk . DROPPING MEMBER . A man's yard with a gonorrhoea . DROP COVES . Persons who practice the fraud of drop- ping a ring or other article , and picking it up before the person intended to be defrauded ...
DUC DROP IN THE EYE . Almost drunk . DROPPING MEMBER . A man's yard with a gonorrhoea . DROP COVES . Persons who practice the fraud of drop- ping a ring or other article , and picking it up before the person intended to be defrauded ...
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A common fraud , thus practised : A fellow drops a brass ring , double gilt , which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated , and to whom he disposes of it for less than its supposed , and ten times more than its real , value .
A common fraud , thus practised : A fellow drops a brass ring , double gilt , which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated , and to whom he disposes of it for less than its supposed , and ten times more than its real , value .
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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 | Oxford University |
| Digitalizzato | 18 lug 2007 |
| Lunghezza | 221 pagine |
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