Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc- B 2 kets , } APO ...
... eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who carried snuff or dust in their poc- B 2 kets , } APO ...
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... eyes of any person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and ...
... eyes of any person they intended to rob ; and running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and ...
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... eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails . The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage ...
... eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails . The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico ; originally the BACCHANALS . BAGGAGE . Heavy baggage ; women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage ...
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... 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 to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her ...
... 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 to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her ...
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... eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making the best ...
... eye , Betty Martin ; an answer to any one that attempts to impose or humbug . BETWATTLED . Surprised , confounded , out of one's senses ; also bewrayed . BEVER . An afternoon's luncheon ; also a fine hat ; beaver's fur making the best ...
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