Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... gentleman of that name , who had the contract for victualling the hulks or lighters . ACE OF SPADES . A widow . ACCOUNTS . To cast up one's accounts ; to vomit . ACORN . You will ride a horse foaled by an acorn , i . e . the gallows ...
... gentleman of that name , who had the contract for victualling the hulks or lighters . ACE OF SPADES . A widow . ACCOUNTS . To cast up one's accounts ; to vomit . ACORN . You will ride a horse foaled by an acorn , i . e . the gallows ...
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... gentlemen of that voca- tion . ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS . One who from drunken- ness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . EGROTAT ...
... gentlemen of that voca- tion . ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS . One who from drunken- ness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . EGROTAT ...
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... gentlemen of this profession , who are commonly as superficial in their learn- ing as they are pedantic in their language . APOTHECARY'S BILL . A long bill . APOTHECARY'S ARS APOTHECARY'S , or LAW LATIN . Barbarous Latin ,
... gentlemen of this profession , who are commonly as superficial in their learn- ing as they are pedantic in their language . APOTHECARY'S BILL . A long bill . APOTHECARY'S ARS APOTHECARY'S , or LAW LATIN . Barbarous Latin ,
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... GENTLEMAN OF THE ) . The same . BAD BARGAIN . One of his majesty's bad bargains ; a worthless soldier , a malingeror . See MALINGEROR .. BADGE . A term used for one burned in the hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned ...
... GENTLEMAN OF THE ) . The same . BAD BARGAIN . One of his majesty's bad bargains ; a worthless soldier , a malingeror . See MALINGEROR .. BADGE . A term used for one burned in the hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned ...
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... gentleman sports an elegant carriage and fine horses . To BANG . To beat . BANGING . Great ; a fine banging boy . BANG STRAW . A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the servants of a farmer . BANKRUPT CART . A one - horse ...
... gentleman sports an elegant carriage and fine horses . To BANG . To beat . BANGING . Great ; a fine banging boy . BANG STRAW . A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the servants of a farmer . BANKRUPT CART . A one - horse ...
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