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Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL .
Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief , instead of a ferula ; a jocular punishment among seamen , who sometimes play at cards for wackets , the loser suffering as many strokes as he has lost games . ABIGAIL .
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A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman , frequently played on board ships in the warm la- titudes . ... The person intended to be ducked plays the Am- bassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him , is led ...
A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman , frequently played on board ships in the warm la- titudes . ... The person intended to be ducked plays the Am- bassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him , is led ...
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A bed made apple - pye fashion , like what is called a turnover apple - pye , where the sheets are so doubled as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them : a common trick played by frolicsome country lasses on their ...
A bed made apple - pye fashion , like what is called a turnover apple - pye , where the sheets are so doubled as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them : a common trick played by frolicsome country lasses on their ...
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BACON . He has saved his bacon ; he has escaped . He has a good voice to beg bacon ; a saying in ridicule of a bad voice . BACON - FACED . Full - faced . BACON FED . Fat , greasy . BACK GAMMON PLAYER . A sodomite .
BACON . He has saved his bacon ; he has escaped . He has a good voice to beg bacon ; a saying in ridicule of a bad voice . BACON - FACED . Full - faced . BACON FED . Fat , greasy . BACK GAMMON PLAYER . A sodomite .
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A horse famous for playing tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Ke- nelm Digby and Ben Jonson . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY .
A horse famous for playing tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Ke- nelm Digby and Ben Jonson . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY .
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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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