Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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Pagina
... carry information to their respective gangs , of a booty in pro " spect . CARRIERS . Pigeons which carry expresses . CARRION HUNTER , An undertaker ; called also a cold cook , and death hunter . See COLD COOK and DEATH HUNTER . CARROTS ...
... carry information to their respective gangs , of a booty in pro " spect . CARRIERS . Pigeons which carry expresses . CARRION HUNTER , An undertaker ; called also a cold cook , and death hunter . See COLD COOK and DEATH HUNTER . CARROTS ...
Pagina
... carried away by a cannon - ball . CHEST OF TOOLS . A shoe - black's brush and wig , & c . Irish . CHERRY - COLOURED CAT . A black cat , there being black cherries as well as red . CHERUBIMS . Peevish children , because cherubims and ...
... carried away by a cannon - ball . CHEST OF TOOLS . A shoe - black's brush and wig , & c . Irish . CHERRY - COLOURED CAT . A black cat , there being black cherries as well as red . CHERUBIMS . Peevish children , because cherubims and ...
Pagina
... carrying three persons ; the name is taken from the public stage vehicles in France and Flanders . The dillies first began to run in England about the year 1779 . DIMBER . Pretty . A dimber cove ; a pretty fellow . Dim- ber mort ; a ...
... carrying three persons ; the name is taken from the public stage vehicles in France and Flanders . The dillies first began to run in England about the year 1779 . DIMBER . Pretty . A dimber cove ; a pretty fellow . Dim- ber mort ; a ...
Pagina
... carry his tail well ; it is said , a forfeit is in- curred by any horse - dealer's servant , who shall shew a horse without first feaguing him . Feague is used , figura tively , for encouraging or spiriting one up . FEAK . The fundament ...
... carry his tail well ; it is said , a forfeit is in- curred by any horse - dealer's servant , who shall shew a horse without first feaguing him . Feague is used , figura tively , for encouraging or spiriting one up . FEAK . The fundament ...
Pagina
... carried on at that place , which is chiefly for gold dust . Cant . GORMAGON . A mouster with six eyes , three mouths , four arms , eight legs , five on one side and three on the other , three arses , two tarses , and a upon its back ; a ...
... carried on at that place , which is chiefly for gold dust . Cant . GORMAGON . A mouster with six eyes , three mouths , four arms , eight legs , five on one side and three on the other , three arses , two tarses , and a upon its back ; a ...
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