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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... BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses , like raw head and bloody bones . BULL CALF . A great hulkey or clumsy fellow . See HULKEY . BULL CHIN . A fat chubby child . BULL ...
... BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses , like raw head and bloody bones . BULL CALF . A great hulkey or clumsy fellow . See HULKEY . BULL CHIN . A fat chubby child . BULL ...
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... beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a baker . BURN THE KEN . Strollers living in an alehouse without pay- ing their quarters , are said to burn the ken . Cant . BURNING SHAME . A lighted candle stuck ...
... beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a baker . BURN THE KEN . Strollers living in an alehouse without pay- ing their quarters , are said to burn the ken . Cant . BURNING SHAME . A lighted candle stuck ...
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... BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS - NAPPER . A constable . Cunt . BUS - NAPPER'S KENCHIN . A watchman . Cant . Busy . As busy as the devil in a high wind ; as busy as å hen with ...
... BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS - NAPPER . A constable . Cunt . BUS - NAPPER'S KENCHIN . A watchman . Cant . Busy . As busy as the devil in a high wind ; as busy as å hen with ...
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... beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See LINGO . CANTERBURY STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAP . To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . TO CAP . To take off one's hat or ...
... beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See LINGO . CANTERBURY STORY . A long roundabout tale . TO CAP . To take one's oath . I will cap downright ; I will swear home . Cant . TO CAP . To take off one's hat or ...
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... beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ...
... beggars , gypsies , and the rest of the canting crew . Cant . - Also , according to the canting academy , the gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ...
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