Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A lady's waiting - maid . ABRAM ...
... hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL . A lady's waiting - maid . ABRAM ...
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... hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned in the hand , and is at liberty . Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers , into which they threw the bodies ...
... hand . He has got his badge , and piked ; he was burned in the hand , and is at liberty . Cant . BADGE - COVES . Parish Pensioners . Cant . BADGERS . A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers , into which they threw the bodies ...
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... hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what d'ye want , gemmen ? --- what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow ...
... hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of --- Clothes , coats , or gowns --- what d'ye want , gemmen ? --- what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow ...
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... hands to any thing , and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters : 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 ...
... hands to any thing , and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters : 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 ...
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... hand . BING . To go . Cant . Bing avast ; get you gone . Binged avast in a darkmans ; stole away in the night . Bing we to Rumeville : shall we go to London ? BINGO . Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker ...
... hand . BING . To go . Cant . Bing avast ; get you gone . Binged avast in a darkmans ; stole away in the night . Bing we to Rumeville : shall we go to London ? BINGO . Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker ...
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