Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating Academy ; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined , who by a late regulation are ...
... rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating Academy ; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined , who by a late regulation are ...
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... invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc- B 2 kets , } APO kets , which they threw into the eyes.
... invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc- B 2 kets , } APO kets , which they threw into the eyes.
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... ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL , Or ARCH DOXY , signifies ... Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a ...
... ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL , Or ARCH DOXY , signifies ... Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , robbed , and sometimes murdered , on the water , by picking a ...
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... Rogues of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT . He was in his birth - day suit , that is , stark naked . BISHOP . A mixture of wine and water , into which is put a roasted orange . Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses , used to ...
... Rogues of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT . He was in his birth - day suit , that is , stark naked . BISHOP . A mixture of wine and water , into which is put a roasted orange . Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses , used to ...
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... ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue of prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , BLO TO BLAST . To curse .. BLATER . A.
... ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue of prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , BLO TO BLAST . To curse .. BLATER . A.
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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