Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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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 attend Chapel , or Hall .
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 attend Chapel , or Hall .
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Irish 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 .
Irish 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 .
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A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ' ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff ...
A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ' ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff ...
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Sea 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 ...
Sea 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 ...
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Ashore , among soldiers , where this punishment is some- times adopted , watch and the purse are not included in the number , but given over and above , or , in the vulgar phrase , free gratis for nothing . This piece of discipline is ...
Ashore , among soldiers , where this punishment is some- times adopted , watch and the purse are not included in the number , but given over and above , or , in the vulgar phrase , free gratis for nothing . This piece of discipline is ...
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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 master means mouth never nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person 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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