Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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BAKER - KNEE'D . One whose knees knock together in walking , as if kneading dough . BALDERDASH . Adulterated wine . BALLOCKS . The testicles of a man or beast ; also a vulgar nick name for a parson .
BAKER - KNEE'D . One whose knees knock together in walking , as if kneading dough . BALDERDASH . Adulterated wine . BALLOCKS . The testicles of a man or beast ; also a vulgar nick name for a parson .
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A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the servants of a farmer . BANKRUPT CART . A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop- ...
A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the servants of a farmer . BANKRUPT CART . A one - horse chaise , said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being so fre- quently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop- ...
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A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
A good job , or snack easily got : also shellfish growing at the bottoms of ships ; a bird of the goose kind ; an instrument like a pair of pincers , to fix on the noses of vicious horses whilst shoeing ; a nick name for spectacles ...
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These , from their constant attend- ance about the time of guard mounting , were nick - named the black - guards . BLACK JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves . BLACK JACK . A jug to drink out of , made of jacked lea- ...
These , from their constant attend- ance about the time of guard mounting , were nick - named the black - guards . BLACK JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves . BLACK JACK . A jug to drink out of , made of jacked lea- ...
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A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER , A hard - trotting horse BOOBY , or DOG BOOBY . An awkward lout , clodhopper , or country fellow . See CLODHOPPER and LOUT . A bitch booby ; a country wench . BOOBY HUTCH .
A nick name for an apothecary . BONE SETTER , A hard - trotting horse BOOBY , or DOG BOOBY . An awkward lout , clodhopper , or country fellow . See CLODHOPPER and LOUT . A bitch booby ; a country wench . BOOBY HUTCH .
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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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