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The 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 . - BELLY FULL .
The 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 . - BELLY FULL .
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Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A widow's weeds . See HOUSE TO LET . BILLINGSGATE LANGUAGE . Foul language , or abuse .
Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A widow's weeds . See HOUSE TO LET . BILLINGSGATE LANGUAGE . Foul language , or abuse .
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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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CARTING The punishment formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Ham Carvel , a jealous old doctor ...
CARTING The punishment formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Ham Carvel , a jealous old doctor ...
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A large belly . He has a glorious corpo- ration ; he has a 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 .
A large belly . He has a glorious corpo- ration ; he has a 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 .
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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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