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Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick having a hook at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices .
Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick having a hook at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows , grates , & c .; also those who draw in or entice unwary per- sons to prick at the belt , or such like devices .
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Stealing brass weights off the coun- A parson . Cant . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM CACKLE TUB . A conventicle or meeting - house for dissenters . Cant . AUTEM DIPPERS . Anabaptists . Cant . AUTEM DIVERS .
Stealing brass weights off the coun- A parson . Cant . Dissenters of every denomination . Cant . AUTEM CACKLE TUB . A conventicle or meeting - house for dissenters . Cant . AUTEM DIPPERS . Anabaptists . Cant . AUTEM DIVERS .
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The twenty - third rank of canters , who carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the ...
The twenty - third rank of canters , who carry pins , tape , ballads , and obscene books to sell , but live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the ...
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To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a sur- geon ...
To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his body to a sur- geon ...
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Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW . A metaphor borrowed from fish , which ...
Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW . A metaphor borrowed from fish , which ...
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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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