Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY . His eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient ...
... town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long . BELLY . His eye was bigger than his belly ; a saying of a person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient ...
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... town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A widow's weeds . See HOUSE TO LET . BILLINGSGATE LANGUAGE . Foul language , or abuse . Bil- lingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish ; and where , in their ...
... town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A widow's weeds . See HOUSE TO LET . BILLINGSGATE LANGUAGE . Foul language , or abuse . Bil- lingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish ; and where , in their ...
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... Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses , like raw head and bloody bones ...
... Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses , like raw head and bloody bones ...
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... town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Carvel , a jealous old doctor , being in bed with his wife , dreamed that the Devil gave him a ring , which , so long as he had it on his finger ...
... town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Carvel , a jealous old doctor , being in bed with his wife , dreamed that the Devil gave him a ring , which , so long as he had it on his finger ...
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... very prominent belly . CORPORATION . The magistrates , & c . of a corporate town . Corpus sine ratione . Freemen of a corporation's work ; neither strong nor handsome . COSSET . COU CoSSET . A foundling . Cosset colt or lamb.
... very prominent belly . CORPORATION . The magistrates , & c . of a corporate town . Corpus sine ratione . Freemen of a corporation's work ; neither strong nor handsome . COSSET . COU CoSSET . A foundling . Cosset colt or lamb.
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