Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce or repeat the tasks set them . BLACK PSALM . Tosing the black psalm ; to cry : a ...
... legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The first Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce or repeat the tasks set them . BLACK PSALM . Tosing the black psalm ; to cry : a ...
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... legs ; notwith- standing 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 the country , shewing himself for money ...
... legs ; notwith- standing 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 the country , shewing himself for money ...
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... legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man whose calves fall away . CALVES HEAD CLUB . A club instituted by the Indepen- dents and Presbyterians , to commemorate the decapitation of King Charles I. Their ...
... legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man whose calves fall away . CALVES HEAD CLUB . A club instituted by the Indepen- dents and Presbyterians , to commemorate the decapitation of King Charles I. Their ...
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... legs , compared to sticks with which boys play at cat . See TRAPSTICKS . CAT WHIPPING , or WHIPPING THE CAT . A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be ...
... legs , compared to sticks with which boys play at cat . See TRAPSTICKS . CAT WHIPPING , or WHIPPING THE CAT . A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be ...
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... leg carried away by a cannon - ball . CHEST OF TOOLS . A shoe - black's brush and wig , & c . Irish . CHERRY ... legs and thighs are bent or archward outwards . CHICKEN - HEARTED . Fearful , cowardly . CHICKEN NABOB . One ...
... leg carried away by a cannon - ball . CHEST OF TOOLS . A shoe - black's brush and wig , & c . Irish . CHERRY ... legs and thighs are bent or archward outwards . CHICKEN - HEARTED . Fearful , cowardly . CHICKEN NABOB . One ...
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