Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth , meant either by gagging or murdering him . To BLUBBER .
A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a slattern . BLUBBER . The mouth . - I have stopped the cull's blubber ; I have stopped the fellow's mouth , meant either by gagging or murdering him . To BLUBBER .
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The mouth . Shut your bone box ; shut your mouth . BONE PICKER . A footman . BONED . Seized , apprehended , taken up by a constable . Cant . BOLUS . A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER , A hard - trotting horse BOOBY , or DOG ...
The mouth . Shut your bone box ; shut your mouth . BONE PICKER . A footman . BONED . Seized , apprehended , taken up by a constable . Cant . BOLUS . A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER , A hard - trotting horse BOOBY , or DOG ...
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She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth , yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her ; a saying of a demure looking woman , of suspected character . Don't make butter dear ; a gird at the patient angler ...
She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth , yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her ; a saying of a demure looking woman , of suspected character . Don't make butter dear ; a gird at the patient angler ...
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The mouth . I gave him a wherrit , or a souse , across the chops ; I gave him a blow over the mouth . See WHERRIT . CHOP - STICK . A fork . CHOUDER . A sea - dish , composed of fresh fish , salt pork , herbs , and sea - biscuits ...
The mouth . I gave him a wherrit , or a souse , across the chops ; I gave him a blow over the mouth . See WHERRIT . CHOP - STICK . A fork . CHOUDER . A sea - dish , composed of fresh fish , salt pork , herbs , and sea - biscuits ...
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... appellation from being hot in the mouth . DEVIL'S BOOKS . Cards . DEVIL CATCHER , or DEVIL DRIVER . A parson . See SNUB DEVIL . DEVIL'S DAUGHTER . It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife , that he has married the Devil's ...
... appellation from being hot in the mouth . DEVIL'S BOOKS . Cards . DEVIL CATCHER , or DEVIL DRIVER . A parson . See SNUB DEVIL . DEVIL'S DAUGHTER . It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife , that he has married the Devil's ...
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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
Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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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