Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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Campbell's Aca- demy ; the same , from a gentleman of that name , who had the contract for victualling the hulks or lighters . ACE OF SPADES . A widow . ACCOUNTS . To cast up one's accounts ; to vomit . ACORN .
Campbell's Aca- demy ; the same , from a gentleman of that name , who had the contract for victualling the hulks or lighters . ACE OF SPADES . A widow . ACCOUNTS . To cast up one's accounts ; to vomit . ACORN .
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St. An- thony's pig ; to follow close at one's heels . St. Anthony the hermit was a swineherd , and is always represented with a swine's bell and a pig . Some derive this saying from a privilege enjoyed by the friars of certain convents ...
St. An- thony's pig ; to follow close at one's heels . St. Anthony the hermit was a swineherd , and is always represented with a swine's bell and a pig . Some derive this saying from a privilege enjoyed by the friars of certain convents ...
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Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making the best hats . BEVERAGE . Garnish money , or money for drink , demanded of any one having a new suit ...
Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making the best hats . BEVERAGE . Garnish money , or money for drink , demanded of any one having a new suit ...
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Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob tail ; a mob of all sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; . to move ...
Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one that plays with her tail ; also an impotent man , or an eunuch . Tag , rag , and bob tail ; a mob of all sorts of low people , To shift one's bob ; . to move ...
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To run suddenly out of one's house , or hiding place , through fear ; a term borrowed from a rabbit- warren , where the rabbits are made to bolt , by sending ferrets into their burrows : we set the house on fire , and made him bolt .
To run suddenly out of one's house , or hiding place , through fear ; a term borrowed from a rabbit- warren , where the rabbits are made to bolt , by sending ferrets into their burrows : we set the house on fire , and made him bolt .
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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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