Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... 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 , called ...
... 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 , called ...
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A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se to an anchor , i . e . sit down . To let go an anchor to the windward of the law ; to keep within the letter ...
A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se to an anchor , i . e . sit down . To let go an anchor to the windward of the law ; to keep within the letter ...
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To bang up prime : to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style : as the swell's rattler and prads are bang ... A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday ...
To bang up prime : to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style : as the swell's rattler and prads are bang ... A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday ...
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A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
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BAY FEVER . A term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK .
BAY FEVER . A term of ridicule applied to convicts , who sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK .
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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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