Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... married woman ; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business ...
... married woman ; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the business ...
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... marry or keep his cast - off mistress . BOOTY . To play booty ; cheating play , where the player purposely avoids winning . BO - PEEP . One who sometimes hides himself , and some- times appears publicly abroad , is said to play at bo ...
... marry or keep his cast - off mistress . BOOTY . To play booty ; cheating play , where the player purposely avoids winning . BO - PEEP . One who sometimes hides himself , and some- times appears publicly abroad , is said to play at bo ...
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... a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters . BUDGE , OF SNEAKING BUDGE . One that slips into houses in BUL in the dark , to steal cloaks or other.
... a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters . BUDGE , OF SNEAKING BUDGE . One that slips into houses in BUL in the dark , to steal cloaks or other.
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... married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists , have nine lives , that is one less than a woman . No more chance than a cat in hell without claws ; said of one who enters ...
... married persons who live unhappily together . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na- turalists , have nine lives , that is one less than a woman . No more chance than a cat in hell without claws ; said of one who enters ...
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... marry old men . Cow . To sleep like a cow , with a **** at one's a - se ; said of a married man ; ' married men being supposed to sleep with their backs towards their wives , according to the fol lowing proclamation : All you that in ...
... marry old men . Cow . To sleep like a cow , with a **** at one's a - se ; said of a married man ; ' married men being supposed to sleep with their backs towards their wives , according to the fol lowing proclamation : All you that in ...
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