Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... pillory BABBLE . Confused , unintelligible talk , such as was used at the building the tower of Babel . BACK BITER . One who slanders another behind his back , i . e . in his absence . His bosom friends are become his back biters , said ...
... pillory BABBLE . Confused , unintelligible talk , such as was used at the building the tower of Babel . BACK BITER . One who slanders another behind his back , i . e . in his absence . His bosom friends are become his back biters , said ...
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... c . NAB NAB , OF NAB CHEAT . A hat . Penthouse nab ; a large hat . ΤΟ ΝΑΕ . Τo seize , or catch unawares . To nab the teaze ; to be privately whipped . To nab the stoop ; to stand in NEC the pillory . To nab the rust ; a 3 the MYR ...
... c . NAB NAB , OF NAB CHEAT . A hat . Penthouse nab ; a large hat . ΤΟ ΝΑΕ . Τo seize , or catch unawares . To nab the teaze ; to be privately whipped . To nab the stoop ; to stand in NEC the pillory . To nab the rust ; a 3 the MYR ...
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... pillory . To nab the rust ; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive . To nab the snow : to steal linen left out to bleach or dry . Cant . TO NAB GIRDER , OF NOB GIRDER . A bridle . NACK . To have a nack ; to be ready at any thing ...
... pillory . To nab the rust ; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive . To nab the snow : to steal linen left out to bleach or dry . Cant . TO NAB GIRDER , OF NOB GIRDER . A bridle . NACK . To have a nack ; to be ready at any thing ...
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... pillory , usually made of Nor- way fir . NOSE . As plain as the nose on your face ; evidently to be seen . He is led by the nose ; he is governed . To fol- low one's nose ; to go strait forward . To put one's nose out of joint ; to ...
... pillory , usually made of Nor- way fir . NOSE . As plain as the nose on your face ; evidently to be seen . He is led by the nose ; he is governed . To fol- low one's nose ; to go strait forward . To put one's nose out of joint ; to ...
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... pillory : as , The cull peeped through the nutcrackers . NUTMEGS . Testicles . NYP , Or NIP . A half pint , a nip of ale : whence the nipper- kin , a small vessel . NYP SHOP . The Peacock in Gray's Inn Lane , where Bur- ton ale is sold ...
... pillory : as , The cull peeped through the nutcrackers . NUTMEGS . Testicles . NYP , Or NIP . A half pint , a nip of ale : whence the nipper- kin , a small vessel . NYP SHOP . The Peacock in Gray's Inn Lane , where Bur- ton ale is sold ...
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