Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club1811 |
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... Cant . BENE BOWSE . Good beer , or other strong liquor . Cant . BENE COVE . A good fellow . Cant . BENE DARKMANS . Good night . Cant . BENE FEAKERS . Counterfeiters of bills . Cant . BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES . Counterfeiters of passes . Cant ...
... Cant . BENE BOWSE . Good beer , or other strong liquor . Cant . BENE COVE . A good fellow . Cant . BENE DARKMANS . Good night . Cant . BENE FEAKERS . Counterfeiters of bills . Cant . BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES . Counterfeiters of passes . Cant ...
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... Cant . Bing avast ; get you gone . Binged avast in a darkmans ; stole away in the night . Bing we to Rumeville : shall we go to London ? BINGO . Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker . Cant . BINGO MORT ...
... Cant . Bing avast ; get you gone . Binged avast in a darkmans ; stole away in the night . Bing we to Rumeville : shall we go to London ? BINGO . Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker . Cant . BINGO MORT ...
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... Cant . To BITE . To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his ...
... Cant . To BITE . To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the Spectator : A man under sentence of death having sold his ...
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... Cant .--- See JACK IN A Box . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his . prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his ...
... Cant .--- See JACK IN A Box . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his . prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts easily with his ...
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... Cant . TO BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confe- derate . Cant . BLOW - UP . A discovery , or the confusion occasioned by one , A BLOWSE , or BLOWSABELLA . A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a ...
... Cant . TO BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confe- derate . Cant . BLOW - UP . A discovery , or the confusion occasioned by one , A BLOWSE , or BLOWSABELLA . A woman whose hair is dishevelled , and hanging about her face ; a ...
Parole e frasi comuni
a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young