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A DICTIONARY OF Buckish Slang , University Wit , AND PICK POCKET ELOQUENCE . Compiled originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB .
A DICTIONARY OF Buckish Slang , University Wit , AND PICK POCKET ELOQUENCE . Compiled originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB .
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Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat , boarding it , plundering , stripping , and throwing them overboard , & c .
Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat , boarding it , plundering , stripping , and throwing them overboard , & c .
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BLAB . A tell - tale , or one incapable of keeping a secret . BLACK AND WHITE . In writing . I have it in black and white ; I have written evidence . BLACK ART . The art of picking a lock . Cant . BLACK A - SE . A copper or kettle .
BLAB . A tell - tale , or one incapable of keeping a secret . BLACK AND WHITE . In writing . I have it in black and white ; I have written evidence . BLACK ART . The art of picking a lock . Cant . BLACK A - SE . A copper or kettle .
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A common whore and a pick- pocket . Cant . BUTTOCK AND TWANG , or DOWN BUTTOCK AND SHAM FILE . A common whore , but no pickpocket . BUTTOCK AND TONGUE . A scolding wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON .
A common whore and a pick- pocket . Cant . BUTTOCK AND TWANG , or DOWN BUTTOCK AND SHAM FILE . A common whore , but no pickpocket . BUTTOCK AND TONGUE . A scolding wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON .
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CLEAN , Expert ; clever , Amongst the knuckling coves he is reckoned very clean ; he is considered very expert as a pick pocket . CLERKED . Soothed , funned , imposed on . The cull will not be clerked ; i . e . the fellow will not be ...
CLEAN , Expert ; clever , Amongst the knuckling coves he is reckoned very clean ; he is considered very expert as a pick pocket . CLERKED . Soothed , funned , imposed on . The cull will not be clerked ; i . e . the fellow will not be ...
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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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