Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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To look blank ; to appear disappointed or con-- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular ...
To look blank ; to appear disappointed or con-- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular ...
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To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE BOAR . A venereal bubo . BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced ...
To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE BOAR . A venereal bubo . BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced ...
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... you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow .
... you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow .
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To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which ...
To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which ...
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BUR Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to our panney ; keep a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si- tuated . BUM BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ' ; so called perhaps from following his prey ...
BUR Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to our panney ; keep a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si- tuated . BUM BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ' ; so called perhaps from following his prey ...
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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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