Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... IRONS . Pistols , from their explosion resembling the bow - wow or barking of a dog . Irish . BARN . A parson's barn ; never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley ...
... IRONS . Pistols , from their explosion resembling the bow - wow or barking of a dog . Irish . BARN . A parson's barn ; never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley ...
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... irons or fetters . To chive the boungs of the frows ; to cut off women's pockets . CHIVEY . I gave him a good chivey ; I gave him a hearty scolding . CHIVING LAY . Cutting the braces of coaches behind , on which the coachman quitting ...
... irons or fetters . To chive the boungs of the frows ; to cut off women's pockets . CHIVEY . I gave him a good chivey ; I gave him a hearty scolding . CHIVING LAY . Cutting the braces of coaches behind , on which the coachman quitting ...
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... iron , shaped like a pear ; this they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money ; and on turning a key , certain interior springs thrust forth a number of points , in all directions , which so enlarged it ...
... iron , shaped like a pear ; this they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money ; and on turning a key , certain interior springs thrust forth a number of points , in all directions , which so enlarged it ...
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... irons worn by prisoners ; a crafty fellow . TO CLIP . To hug or embrace : to clip and cling . To clip the coin ; to diminish the current coin . To clip the king's English ; to be unable to speak plain through drunken- ness . CLOAK ...
... irons worn by prisoners ; a crafty fellow . TO CLIP . To hug or embrace : to clip and cling . To clip the coin ; to diminish the current coin . To clip the king's English ; to be unable to speak plain through drunken- ness . CLOAK ...
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... iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the ...
... iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the ...
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