Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ; and William ...
... originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ; and William ...
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... originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKERS DOZEN . Fourteen ; that number of rolls being al- lowed to the ...
... originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKERS DOZEN . Fourteen ; that number of rolls being al- lowed to the ...
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... originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it . The cove has hushed the battner ; i . e . has kill- ed the ox . BATCHELOR'S FARE ...
... originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it . The cove has hushed the battner ; i . e . has kill- ed the ox . BATCHELOR'S FARE ...
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... originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPer . BRISTOL MILK . A Spanish wine called sherry , much drunk at ...
... originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPer . BRISTOL MILK . A Spanish wine called sherry , much drunk at ...
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... as usual , over the left thumb . Sea ierm . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . D CAT'S CAT CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot.
... as usual , over the left thumb . Sea ierm . CAT IN PAN . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or par- ties ; supposed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . D CAT'S CAT CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot.
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word 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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