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To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust ...
To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust ...
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A PO kets , which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST .
A PO kets , which they threw into the eyes of any person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST .
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He squints like a bag of nails ; i . e . his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails . The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children .
He squints like a bag of nails ; i . e . his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails . The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children .
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The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY . His eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . - BELLY FULL .
The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY . His eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . - BELLY FULL .
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That's my eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making ...
That's my eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making ...
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beat blow breeches called Cant carried cheat child clothes cock common cull derived Devil door dressed drink drunk expression eyes face fair fellow figuratively fire formerly French frequently girl give given hand hanged head hold horse Irish iron JACK keep kind king legs liquor live London look man's married means mouth never nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person phrase pick pickpocket piece play pocket practised pretend prison QUAKER QUEER rogue saying shilling side signify soldier stand steal story sword tail taken term thieves thing town trick turn vulgar wench whipped wife woman women young
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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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