Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... prison win- dow with a cap , or box , let down at the end of a long string . ANKLE . A girl who is got with child , is said to have sprained her ankle . ANODYNE NECKLACE . A halter . ANTHONY OF TANTONY PIG . The favourite or smallest ...
... prison win- dow with a cap , or box , let down at the end of a long string . ANKLE . A girl who is got with child , is said to have sprained her ankle . ANODYNE NECKLACE . A halter . ANTHONY OF TANTONY PIG . The favourite or smallest ...
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... prison . Cant . To BILK . To cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought ...
... prison . Cant . To BILK . To cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought ...
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... Prisons , houses of correction , & c . BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS . Finished . The game is blocked at both ends ; the game is ended . BLOOD . A riotous disorderly fellow . BLOOD FOR BLOOD . A term used by tradesmen for barter- ing the ...
... Prisons , houses of correction , & c . BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS . Finished . The game is blocked at both ends ; the game is ended . BLOOD . A riotous disorderly fellow . BLOOD FOR BLOOD . A term used by tradesmen for barter- ing the ...
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... prison , or house of correction . BOB . A shoplifter's assistant , or one that receives and car- ries off stolen goods . All is bob ; all is safe . Cant . Вов . A shilling . BOBBED . Cheated , tricked , disappointed . BOBBISH . Smart ...
... prison , or house of correction . BOB . A shoplifter's assistant , or one that receives and car- ries off stolen goods . All is bob ; all is safe . Cant . Вов . A shilling . BOBBED . Cheated , tricked , disappointed . BOBBISH . Smart ...
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... prison . CHUMMAGE . Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench , to the poorer , for their share of a room . When prisons are very full , which is too often the case , particularly on the eve of an ...
... prison . CHUMMAGE . Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench , to the poorer , for their share of a room . When prisons are very full , which is too often the case , particularly on the eve of an ...
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