Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... HOLD . An estate held by a man dur- ing his wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin . ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A comical or eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of ...
... HOLD . An estate held by a man dur- ing his wife's life . AQUA PUMPAGINIS . Pump water . Apothecaries Latin . ARBOR VITE . A man's penis . ARCH DUKE . A comical or eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of ...
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... holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater . Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob - tail ; a mob of all sorts ...
... holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater . Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob - tail ; a mob of all sorts ...
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... hold business , particularly in the kitchen . The punish- ment commonly inflicted on a quot , is pinning a greasy dishclout to the skirts of his coat . COVE . A man , a fellow , a rogue . The cove was bit ; the rogue was outwitted . The ...
... hold business , particularly in the kitchen . The punish- ment commonly inflicted on a quot , is pinning a greasy dishclout to the skirts of his coat . COVE . A man , a fellow , a rogue . The cove was bit ; the rogue was outwitted . The ...
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... hold . ' Ibid . DEVIL . A printer's errand - boy . Also a small thread in the king's ropes and cables , whereby they may be distin- guished from all others . The Devil himself ; a small streak of blue thread in the king's sails . The ...
... hold . ' Ibid . DEVIL . A printer's errand - boy . Also a small thread in the king's ropes and cables , whereby they may be distin- guished from all others . The Devil himself ; a small streak of blue thread in the king's sails . The ...
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... hold of ; if he was dissatisfied with his prize , he might , on paying three halfpence , return it and dip again . THE DIP . A cook's shop , under Furnival's Inn , where many attornies clerks , and other inferior limbs of the law , take ...
... hold of ; if he was dissatisfied with his prize , he might , on paying three halfpence , return it and dip again . THE DIP . A cook's shop , under Furnival's Inn , where many attornies clerks , and other inferior limbs of the law , take ...
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