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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Francis Grose. CLICK . A blow . A click in the muns ; a blow or knock in the face . Cant . 7 TO CLICK . To snatch . To click a nab ; to snatch a hat . Cant . CLICKER . A salesman's servant ; also , one who proportions out the different ...
Francis Grose. CLICK . A blow . A click in the muns ; a blow or knock in the face . Cant . 7 TO CLICK . To snatch . To click a nab ; to snatch a hat . Cant . CLICKER . A salesman's servant ; also , one who proportions out the different ...
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... blow . I'll give you a clout on your jolly nob ; I'll give you a blow on your head . It also means a handker- chief . Cant . Any pocket handkerchief except a silk one . CLOUTED SHOON . Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking ...
... blow . I'll give you a clout on your jolly nob ; I'll give you a blow on your head . It also means a handker- chief . Cant . Any pocket handkerchief except a silk one . CLOUTED SHOON . Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking ...
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... breaking through the crackmans , but we fetched him back by a nope on the costard , which stopped his jaw ; the man thought to have escaped by breaking through the hedge , E but but we brought him back by a great blow on CRA.
... breaking through the crackmans , but we fetched him back by a nope on the costard , which stopped his jaw ; the man thought to have escaped by breaking through the hedge , E but but we brought him back by a great blow on CRA.
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Francis Grose. but we brought him back by a great blow on the head , which laid him speechless . CRACKSMAN . A house - breaker . The kiddy is a clever cracksman ; the young fellow is a véry expert house- brea- ker . CRAG . The neck ...
Francis Grose. but we brought him back by a great blow on the head , which laid him speechless . CRACKSMAN . A house - breaker . The kiddy is a clever cracksman ; the young fellow is a véry expert house- brea- ker . CRAG . The neck ...
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... blow : from the words mea culpa , being that part of the popish liturgy at which the people beat their breasts ; or , as the vulgar term is , thump their craws . CUNDUM . The dried gut of a sheep , worn by men in the act of coition , to ...
... blow : from the words mea culpa , being that part of the popish liturgy at which the people beat their breasts ; or , as the vulgar term is , thump their craws . CUNDUM . The dried gut of a sheep , worn by men in the act of coition , to ...
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