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... legs are always black . Black Monday . The first Monday after the school - boys MONDAY holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce or repeat the tasks set them . BLACK PSALM .
... legs are always black . Black Monday . The first Monday after the school - boys MONDAY holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce or repeat the tasks set them . BLACK PSALM .
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Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwithstanding which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed ...
Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs ; notwithstanding which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed ...
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His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man whose calves fall away . CALVES HEAD Club .
His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man whose calves fall away . CALVES HEAD Club .
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Thin legs , compared to sticks with which boys play at cat . See TRAPSTICKS . CAT WHIPPING , or WHIPPING THE CAT . A trick often practised on ignorantcountry fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may ...
Thin legs , compared to sticks with which boys play at cat . See TRAPSTICKS . CAT WHIPPING , or WHIPPING THE CAT . A trick often practised on ignorantcountry fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may ...
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Dead Chelsea , by G - d ! an exclamation uttered by a grenadier at Fontenoy , on having his leg carried away by a cannon - ball . Chest of Tools . ... CHICKEN - HAMMED , Persons whose legs and thighs are bent or archward outwards .
Dead Chelsea , by G - d ! an exclamation uttered by a grenadier at Fontenoy , on having his leg carried away by a cannon - ball . Chest of Tools . ... CHICKEN - HAMMED , Persons whose legs and thighs are bent or archward outwards .
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Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and ... Francis Grose Visualizzazione completa - 1811 |
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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
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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 | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 28 feb 2006 |
| Lunghezza | 221 pagine |
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