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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... clothes from them , and throwing cold water upon them . COLD PUDDING . This is said to settle one's love . COLE . Money . Post the cole : pay down the money . COLIANDER , or CORIANDER SEEDS . Money . COLLAR DAY . Execution day . COLLEGE ...
... clothes from them , and throwing cold water upon them . COLD PUDDING . This is said to settle one's love . COLE . Money . Post the cole : pay down the money . COLIANDER , or CORIANDER SEEDS . Money . COLLAR DAY . Execution day . COLLEGE ...
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... clothes , petticoats , shift and all , close to their stays , and then turning them into the street , DOCTOR . Milk and water , with a little rum , and some nut- meg ; also the name of a composition used by distillers , to to make ...
... clothes , petticoats , shift and all , close to their stays , and then turning them into the street , DOCTOR . Milk and water , with a little rum , and some nut- meg ; also the name of a composition used by distillers , to to make ...
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... Clothes , DUFFERS . Cheats who ply in different parts of the town , particularly about Water - lane , opposite St. Clement's church , in the Strand , and pretend to deal in smuggled goods , stopping all country people , or such as they ...
... Clothes , DUFFERS . Cheats who ply in different parts of the town , particularly about Water - lane , opposite St. Clement's church , in the Strand , and pretend to deal in smuggled goods , stopping all country people , or such as they ...
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... i . e . ten times as drunk as a lord . ENGLISH BURGUNDY . Porter . ENSIGN BEARER . A drunken man , who looks red in the face , or hoists his colours in his drink . EQUIPT . EQUIPT . Rich ; also , having new clothes . DIE JONNN ...
... i . e . ten times as drunk as a lord . ENGLISH BURGUNDY . Porter . ENSIGN BEARER . A drunken man , who looks red in the face , or hoists his colours in his drink . EQUIPT . EQUIPT . Rich ; also , having new clothes . DIE JONNN ...
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Francis Grose. EQUIPT . Rich ; also , having new clothes . Well equipt ; full of money , or well dressed . The cull equipped me with a brace of meggs ; the gentleman furnished me with a couple of guineas . ESSEX LION . A calf ; Essex ...
Francis Grose. EQUIPT . Rich ; also , having new clothes . Well equipt ; full of money , or well dressed . The cull equipped me with a brace of meggs ; the gentleman furnished me with a couple of guineas . ESSEX LION . A calf ; Essex ...
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