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... game - cocks whose legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce or repeat the tasks set them . BLACK PSALM .
... game - cocks whose legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce or repeat the tasks set them . BLACK PSALM .
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Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwith- standing which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed ...
Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwith- standing which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed ...
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His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man whose calves fall away . CALVES HEAD CLUB .
His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man whose calves fall away . CALVES HEAD CLUB .
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... who made use of a cat's paw to scratch a roasted chesnut out of the fire . CAT'S SLEEP . Counterfeit sleep : cats often counterfeiting sleep , to decoy their prey near them , and then suddenly spring on them . CAT STICKS . Thin legs ...
... who made use of a cat's paw to scratch a roasted chesnut out of the fire . CAT'S SLEEP . Counterfeit sleep : cats often counterfeiting sleep , to decoy their prey near them , and then suddenly spring on them . CAT STICKS . Thin legs ...
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Dead Chelsea , by G - d ! an exclamation uttered by a grenadier at Fontenoy , on having his leg carried away by a cannon - ball . CHEST OF TOOLS . ... Persons whose legs and thighs are bent or archward outwards . CHICKEN - HEARTED .
Dead Chelsea , by G - d ! an exclamation uttered by a grenadier at Fontenoy , on having his leg carried away by a cannon - ball . CHEST OF TOOLS . ... Persons whose legs and thighs are bent or archward outwards . CHICKEN - HEARTED .
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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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