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A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to give to each soldier gratis . ACTEON . A cuckold , from the horns planted on the head of Acteon by Diana .
A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly obliged to give to each soldier gratis . ACTEON . A cuckold , from the horns planted on the head of Acteon by Diana .
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I'll give him his bastings , I'll beat him heartily . BASTING . A beating . BASTONADING . Beating any one with a stick ; from baton , a stick , formerly spelt baston . BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk ...
I'll give him his bastings , I'll beat him heartily . BASTING . A beating . BASTONADING . Beating any one with a stick ; from baton , a stick , formerly spelt baston . BAT . A low whore : so called from moving out like bats in the dusk ...
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... who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF . To cry beef ; to give the alarm . They have cried beef on us . Cant , -To be in a man's beef ; to wound him with a sword . BEL a sword . To be in a woman's beef.
... who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF . To cry beef ; to give the alarm . They have cried beef on us . Cant , -To be in a man's beef ; to wound him with a sword . BEL a sword . To be in a woman's beef.
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... sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The.
... sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The.
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To yield , or give up an attempt through fear . To stand bitch ; to make tea , or do the honours of the tea- table , performing a female part : bitch there standing for woman , species for genius . BITCH BOOBY . A country wench .
To yield , or give up an attempt through fear . To stand bitch ; to make tea , or do the honours of the tea- table , performing a female part : bitch there standing for woman , species for genius . BITCH BOOBY . A country wench .
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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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