Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . EGROTAT , ( Cambridge ) , A certificate from the apothe- cary that you are indisposed , ( i . e . ) to go to chapel . He sports an Agrotat , he is sick , and unable to ...
... phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . EGROTAT , ( Cambridge ) , A certificate from the apothe- cary that you are indisposed , ( i . e . ) to go to chapel . He sports an Agrotat , he is sick , and unable to ...
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... phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . BOTTOM . A polite term for the posteriors . Also , in the sporting sense , strength and spirits to support fatigue ; as a bottomed horse . Among bruisers it is ...
... phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . BOTTOM . A polite term for the posteriors . Also , in the sporting sense , strength and spirits to support fatigue ; as a bottomed horse . Among bruisers it is ...
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... phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour . BUM BRUSHER . A schoolmaster . BUM BOAT . A boat attending ships to retail ...
... phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour . BUM BRUSHER . A schoolmaster . BUM BOAT . A boat attending ships to retail ...
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... phrase . To CAT , or SHOOT THE CAT . To vomit from drunkenness . CAT AND BAGPIPEAN SOCIETY . A society which met at their office in the great western road : in their summons , published in the daily papers , it was added , that the kit ...
... phrase . To CAT , or SHOOT THE CAT . To vomit from drunkenness . CAT AND BAGPIPEAN SOCIETY . A society which met at their office in the great western road : in their summons , published in the daily papers , it was added , that the kit ...
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... phrase , free gratis for nothing . This piece of discipline is also inflicted in Ireland , by the school - boys , on persons com- ing into the school without taking off their hats ; it is there called school butter . COBBLE . A kind of ...
... phrase , free gratis for nothing . This piece of discipline is also inflicted in Ireland , by the school - boys , on persons com- ing into the school without taking off their hats ; it is there called school butter . COBBLE . A kind of ...
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle 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 Pot valiant 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 Tyburn venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young