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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... Drink . BowSING KEN . An ale - house or gin - shop . BOWSPRIT . The nose , from its being the most projecting part of the human face , as the bowsprit is of a ship . Bow - wow . The childish name for a dog ; also a jeering appellation ...
... Drink . BowSING KEN . An ale - house or gin - shop . BOWSPRIT . The nose , from its being the most projecting part of the human face , as the bowsprit is of a ship . Bow - wow . The childish name for a dog ; also a jeering appellation ...
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... drinking brandy . BRANDY . Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a glass of the good creature . BRAT . A child or infant . BRAY . A Vicar of Bray ; one who frequently changes his ...
... drinking brandy . BRANDY . Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a glass of the good creature . BRAT . A child or infant . BRAY . A Vicar of Bray ; one who frequently changes his ...
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... drinking bowl ; also a great drinker ; a thief that steals plate from public houses . Cant . THE BUBBLE . The party cheated , perhaps from his being like an air bubble , filled with words , which are only wind , instead of real property ...
... drinking bowl ; also a great drinker ; a thief that steals plate from public houses . Cant . THE BUBBLE . The party cheated , perhaps from his being like an air bubble , filled with words , which are only wind , instead of real property ...
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... Drink a dram ; strictly speaking , to- drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a ...
... Drink a dram ; strictly speaking , to- drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a ...
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... drink a dram . Sea wit . CANTICLE . A parish clerk . CANTING , Preaching with a whining , affected tone , perhaps a corruption of chaunting ; some derive it from Andrew Cant , a famous Scotch preacher , who used that whining manner of ...
... drink a dram . Sea wit . CANTICLE . A parish clerk . CANTING , Preaching with a whining , affected tone , perhaps a corruption of chaunting ; some derive it from Andrew Cant , a famous Scotch preacher , who used that whining manner of ...
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