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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... CoG . A tooth . A queer cog ; a rotten tooth . How the cull flashes his queer cogs ; how the fool shews his rotten teeth . To Cos . To cheat with dice ; also to coax or wheedle , To cog cog a die ; to conceal or secure a die COG.
... CoG . A tooth . A queer cog ; a rotten tooth . How the cull flashes his queer cogs ; how the fool shews his rotten teeth . To Cos . To cheat with dice ; also to coax or wheedle , To cog cog a die ; to conceal or secure a die COG.
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... cull's content ; the man is past complain- ing a saying of a person murdered for resisting the rob- bers . Cant . CONTENT . A thick liquor , in imitation of chocolate , made of milk and gingerbread . CONTRA DANCE . A dance where the ...
... cull's content ; the man is past complain- ing a saying of a person murdered for resisting the rob- bers . Cant . CONTENT . A thick liquor , in imitation of chocolate , made of milk and gingerbread . CONTRA DANCE . A dance where the ...
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... cull thought to have loped by 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 ...
... cull thought to have loped by 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 ...
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... cull ; kill that fellow . Cant . CRASHING CHEATS . Teeth . CRAW THUMPERS . Roman catholics , so called from their beating their breasts in the confession of their sins . See BRISKET BEATER , and BREAST FLEET . CREAM - POT LOVE . Such as ...
... cull ; kill that fellow . Cant . CRASHING CHEATS . Teeth . CRAW THUMPERS . Roman catholics , so called from their beating their breasts in the confession of their sins . See BRISKET BEATER , and BREAST FLEET . CREAM - POT LOVE . Such as ...
Pagina
... CULL . A man , honest or otherwise . A bob cull ; a good- natured , quiet fellow . Cant . CULLABILITY . A disposition liable to be cheated , an un- suspecting nature , open to imposition . CULLY . A fop or fool : also , a dupe to women ...
... CULL . A man , honest or otherwise . A bob cull ; a good- natured , quiet fellow . Cant . CULLABILITY . A disposition liable to be cheated , an un- suspecting nature , open to imposition . CULLY . A fop or fool : also , a dupe to women ...
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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