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A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , OF PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel .
A cant word among thieves , signifying a naked or poor man ; also a lusty , strong rogue . ABRAM MEN . Pretended mad men . TO SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , OF PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel .
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To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to 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 ...
To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to 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 ...
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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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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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... FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , TO BLAST . BLO To curse .. Cant . BLATER.
... FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , TO BLAST . BLO To curse .. Cant . BLATER.
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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 means mouth never nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person phrase 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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