Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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To look blank ; to appear disappointed or confounded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular stone ...
To look blank ; to appear disappointed or confounded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stoneis a triangular stone ...
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BLUE , To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disappointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure , Blue BOAR , A venereal bubo . Blue Devils , Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com menced ...
BLUE , To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disappointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure , Blue BOAR , A venereal bubo . Blue Devils , Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com menced ...
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... who always dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , you Ben Johnson ! why you look ...
... who always dressed very plain ; that being introduced to the presence of a nobleman , the peer , struck by his homely appearance and awkward manner , exclaimed , as if in doubt , you Ben Johnson ! why you look ...
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A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women , To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull - beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece .
A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women , To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull - beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece .
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7 BUR Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to our panney ; keep a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si . tuated . Bum BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey ...
7 BUR Ware hawke ! the bum traps are fly to our panney ; keep a good look out , the bailiffs know where our house is si . tuated . Bum BAILIFF . A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey ...
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| Titolo | Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
| Autore | Francis Grose |
| Curatori | Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke |
| Editore | C. Chappel ... sold, 1811 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 28 feb 2006 |
| Lunghezza | 276 pagine |
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