Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... gallows , called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly ...
... gallows , called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly ...
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... gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ballad - singers . Cant . CHAUNT . A song . TO CHAUNT . To sing . To publish an account in the news- papers ...
... gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ballad - singers . Cant . CHAUNT . A song . TO CHAUNT . To sing . To publish an account in the news- papers ...
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... gallows . CLINCH . A pun or quibble . To clinch , or to clinch the nail ; to confirm an improbable story by another : as , A man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon ; a bystander said it was true , for he was on the other ...
... gallows . CLINCH . A pun or quibble . To clinch , or to clinch the nail ; to confirm an improbable story by another : as , A man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon ; a bystander said it was true , for he was on the other ...
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... gallows , or three - legged mare . See THREE - LEGGED MARE . DEAR JOYS . Irishmen : from their frequently making use of that expression . DEATH HUNTER . An undertaker , one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals . See CARRION ...
... gallows , or three - legged mare . See THREE - LEGGED MARE . DEAR JOYS . Irishmen : from their frequently making use of that expression . DEATH HUNTER . An undertaker , one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals . See CARRION ...
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... GALLOWS BIRD . A thief , or pickpocket ; also one that as- sociates with them . GAMBS . Thin , ill - shaped legs : a corruption of the French word jambes . Farcy gambs ; sore or swelled legs . GAMBADOES . Leathern cases of stiff leather ...
... GALLOWS BIRD . A thief , or pickpocket ; also one that as- sociates with them . GAMBS . Thin , ill - shaped legs : a corruption of the French word jambes . Farcy gambs ; sore or swelled legs . GAMBADOES . Leathern cases of stiff leather ...
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