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... family of daughters : who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF . To cry beef ; to give the alarm . They have cried beef on us . Cant , -To be in a man's beef ; to wound him with a sword . BEL a sword .
... family of daughters : who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF . To cry beef ; to give the alarm . They have cried beef on us . Cant , -To be in a man's beef ; to wound him with a sword . BEL a sword .
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BEL a sword . To be in a woman's beef ; to have carnal know- ledge of her . Say you bought your beef of me , a jocular request from a butcher to a fat man , implying that he cre- dits the butcher who serves him . BEEF EATER .
BEL a sword . To be in a woman's beef ; to have carnal know- ledge of her . Say you bought your beef of me , a jocular request from a butcher to a fat man , implying that he cre- dits the butcher who serves him . BEEF EATER .
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A sword . Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well - tempered blades : these are quoted by Falstaff , where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck- basket . Bilboes , the stock ; prison . Cant . To BILK . To cheat .
A sword . Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well - tempered blades : these are quoted by Falstaff , where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck- basket . Bilboes , the stock ; prison . Cant . To BILK . To cheat .
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A Sword , CHEESE IT . Be silent , be quiet , don't do it . Cheese it , the coves are fly ; be silent , the people understand our dis- course . CHEESER . A strong smelling fart . CHELSEA . A village near London , famous for the military ...
A Sword , CHEESE IT . Be silent , be quiet , don't do it . Cheese it , the coves are fly ; be silent , the people understand our dis- course . CHEESER . A strong smelling fart . CHELSEA . A village near London , famous for the military ...
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A sword , or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing . I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef . COLD MEAT . A dead wife is the best cold meat in a man's house . COLD PIG . To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on ...
A sword , or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing . I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef . COLD MEAT . A dead wife is the best cold meat in a man's house . COLD PIG . To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on ...
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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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