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Shakespeare . ALL HOLIDAY . It is all holiday at Peckham , or it is all ho- AMU liday with him ; a saying signifying that it liday ALL ...
Shakespeare . ALL HOLIDAY . It is all holiday at Peckham , or it is all ho- AMU liday with him ; a saying signifying that it liday ALL ...
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AMU liday with him ; a saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to . ALL HOLLOWw . He was beat all hollow , i . e . he had no chance of conquering : it was all hollow , or a hollow thing ...
AMU liday with him ; a saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to . ALL HOLLOWw . He was beat all hollow , i . e . he had no chance of conquering : it was all hollow , or a hollow thing ...
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Some derive this saying from a privilege enjoyed by the friars of certain convents in England and France ( sons of St. Anthony ) , whose swine were permitted to feed in the streets . These swine would follow any one having greens or ...
Some derive this saying from a privilege enjoyed by the friars of certain convents in England and France ( sons of St. Anthony ) , whose swine were permitted to feed in the streets . These swine would follow any one having greens or ...
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ARS MUSICA . A bum fiddlle . ARSE . To hang an arse ; to hang back , to be afraid to ad- vance . He would lend his a -- e , and sh - te through his ribs ; a saying of any one who lends his money inconsiderately .
ARS MUSICA . A bum fiddlle . ARSE . To hang an arse ; to hang back , to be afraid to ad- vance . He would lend his a -- e , and sh - te through his ribs ; a saying of any one who lends his money inconsiderately .
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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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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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