Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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A church . AUTEM BAWLER . A parson . Cant . Auten CACKLERS . S'Dissenters of every denomination . AUTEM PRICKEARS . Cunt . ... Pickpockets who practice in churches ; also church wardens and overseers of the poor . Cant .
A church . AUTEM BAWLER . A parson . Cant . Auten CACKLERS . S'Dissenters of every denomination . AUTEM PRICKEARS . Cunt . ... Pickpockets who practice in churches ; also church wardens and overseers of the poor . Cant .
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They cursed him with bell , book , and candle ; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church . TO BEAR THE BELL . To excel or surpass all competitors , to be the principal in a ...
They cursed him with bell , book , and candle ; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church . TO BEAR THE BELL . To excel or surpass all competitors , to be the principal in a ...
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Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches . Cant . To fly a blue pigeon ; to steal lead off houses or churches . BLUE PŁUMB . A bullet . - Surfeited with a blue plumb ; wounded with a bullet . A sortment of George R - ' s blue ...
Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches . Cant . To fly a blue pigeon ; to steal lead off houses or churches . BLUE PŁUMB . A bullet . - Surfeited with a blue plumb ; wounded with a bullet . A sortment of George R - ' s blue ...
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Chop CHURCHES . Simoniacal dealers in livings , or other ecclesiastical preferments . CHOPPING . Lusty . A chopping boy or girl ; a lusty child . CHOPs . The mouth . I gave him a wherrit , or a souse , , across the chops ; I gave him a ...
Chop CHURCHES . Simoniacal dealers in livings , or other ecclesiastical preferments . CHOPPING . Lusty . A chopping boy or girl ; a lusty child . CHOPs . The mouth . I gave him a wherrit , or a souse , , across the chops ; I gave him a ...
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See FLINT CHURCH WARDEN . A Sussex name for a sh rant , probably from its voracity . CHURCH WORK . Said of any work that advances slowly . CHURCHYARD COUGH . A cough that is likely to terminate in death . CHURK . The udder . CHURL .
See FLINT CHURCH WARDEN . A Sussex name for a sh rant , probably from its voracity . CHURCH WORK . Said of any work that advances slowly . CHURCHYARD COUGH . A cough that is likely to terminate in death . CHURK . The udder . CHURL .
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beat beggars blow breeches called Cant carried cheat child church clothes cock cold common cull derived Devil door draw dressed drink drop drunk expression eyes face fair fellow figuratively fire formerly French frequently girl give given hand hanged head horse Irish iron JACK kind king lady legs liquor live London look man's married means mouth nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person phrase pick pickpocket piece play pocket practised pretend prison queer rogue saying shilling side signify soldier stand steal story sword tail taken term thieves thing town turn vulgar walk watch wench wife woman women young
Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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 | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 28 feb 2006 |
| Lunghezza | 221 pagine |
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