Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a - se on a bandbox ... story . BANDOG . A bailiff or his follower ; also a very fierce mastiff : likewise , a bandbox . Cant . BANG UP ...
... stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a - se on a bandbox ... story . BANDOG . A bailiff or his follower ; also a very fierce mastiff : likewise , a bandbox . Cant . BANG UP ...
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... ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , BLO TO BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A.
... ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , BLO TO BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A.
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... story related of the celebrated Ben Jonson , 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 ...
... story related of the celebrated Ben Jonson , 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 ...
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... story . To bully a man out of any thing . The kid- dey bounced the swell of the blowen ; the lad bullied the ... stories , a liar : perhaps from the wonderful shots frequently boasted of by archers . TO BOX THE COMPASS . To say or ...
... story . To bully a man out of any thing . The kid- dey bounced the swell of the blowen ; the lad bullied the ... stories , a liar : perhaps from the wonderful shots frequently boasted of by archers . TO BOX THE COMPASS . To say or ...
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... STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAF , To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . TO CAP . To take off one's hat or cap . To cap the quadran- gle ; a lesson of humility , or rather servility , taught under ...
... STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAF , To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . TO CAP . To take off one's hat or cap . To cap the quadran- gle ; a lesson of humility , or rather servility , taught under ...
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