Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... sailors : the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies , a cast that eat no- thing that had life . BAPTIZED , OR CHRISTENED . Rum , brandy , or any other spirits , that have been lowered with water . BARBER'S CHAIR . She is ...
... sailors : the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies , a cast that eat no- thing that had life . BAPTIZED , OR CHRISTENED . Rum , brandy , or any other spirits , that have been lowered with water . BARBER'S CHAIR . She is ...
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... sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND BABY . The sign of the eagle and child . BIRD - WITTED . Inconsiderate , thoughtless , easily imposed on . BIRDS OF A FEATHER . Rogues of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT ...
... sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND BABY . The sign of the eagle and child . BIRD - WITTED . Inconsiderate , thoughtless , easily imposed on . BIRDS OF A FEATHER . Rogues of the same gang . BIRTH - DAY SUIT ...
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... sailors going on a cruize . BUNDLING . A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her petticoats on ; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion ...
... sailors going on a cruize . BUNDLING . A man and woman sleeping in the same bed , he with his small clothes , and she with her petticoats on ; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity of beds , where , on such an occasion ...
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... sailors and travel- lers . DEVIL DRAWER . A miserable painter . DEVIL'S DUNG . Assafœtida . DEVIL'S GUTS , A surveyor's chain : so called by farmers , who do not like their land should be measured by their landlords . DEVILISH . Very ...
... sailors and travel- lers . DEVIL DRAWER . A miserable painter . DEVIL'S DUNG . Assafœtida . DEVIL'S GUTS , A surveyor's chain : so called by farmers , who do not like their land should be measured by their landlords . DEVILISH . Very ...
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... sailors on the prostitutes who have infected them with the venereal disease ; it consists in cut- ting off all their clothes , petticoats , shift and all , close to their stays , and then turning them into the street . DOCTOR . Milk and ...
... sailors on the prostitutes who have infected them with the venereal disease ; it consists in cut- ting off all their clothes , petticoats , shift and all , close to their stays , and then turning them into the street . DOCTOR . Milk and ...
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