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Çompiled originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ...
Çompiled originally by Captain Grose . AND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED , WITH THE MODERN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS , BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB . ASSISTED BY Hell - Fire Dick , and James Gordon , Esqrs . of Cambridge ...
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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 , wanton baggage , & c . ' Bakers Dozen . Fourteen ; that number of ...
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 , wanton baggage , & c . ' Bakers Dozen . Fourteen ; that number of ...
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BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it .
BATCH . We had a pretty batch of it last night ; we had a hearty dose of liquor . Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven . BATTNER . An ox : beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it .
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An abandoned woman ; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible woman , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK A Spanish winé called ...
An abandoned woman ; perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible woman , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK A Spanish winé called ...
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... as usual , over the left thumb . Sea ierm . Cat in Pan . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or para ties ; supposed originally to hape been to turn cate or cake > man . a . CAT Cat's Foot . To live under the. in pan . 1 Cat's course .
... as usual , over the left thumb . Sea ierm . Cat in Pan . To turn cat in pan , to change sides or para ties ; supposed originally to hape been to turn cate or cake > man . a . CAT Cat's Foot . To live under the. in pan . 1 Cat's course .
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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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