Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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Compiled 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 ...
Compiled 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 ...
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The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; 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 ...
The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; 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 ...
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BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch 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 .
BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch 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 .
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An abandoned wo- man ; perhaps 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 .
An abandoned wo- man ; perhaps 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 .
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... and not , 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.
... and not , 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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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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