Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... dropped in the streets , and found , and educated at the parish expence . FOUSIL . The name of a public house , where the Eccen trics assemble in May's Buildings , St. Martin's Lane . Fox . A sharp , cunning fellow . Also an old term ...
... dropped in the streets , and found , and educated at the parish expence . FOUSIL . The name of a public house , where the Eccen trics assemble in May's Buildings , St. Martin's Lane . Fox . A sharp , cunning fellow . Also an old term ...
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... drop coves maced the joskins at the gaff ; the ring - droppers cheated the countryman at the fair . To GAFF . To game by tossing up halfpence . GAG . An instrument used chiefly by housebreakers and thieves , for propping open the mouth ...
... drop coves maced the joskins at the gaff ; the ring - droppers cheated the countryman at the fair . To GAFF . To game by tossing up halfpence . GAG . An instrument used chiefly by housebreakers and thieves , for propping open the mouth ...
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... drop a piece of gold , which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person , for whom the trap is laid , this they pretend to have found , and , as he saw them pick it up , they invite him to a public house to partake of it ...
... drop a piece of gold , which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person , for whom the trap is laid , this they pretend to have found , and , as he saw them pick it up , they invite him to a public house to partake of it ...
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... drop behind , to keep back . Lag last ; the last of a company . LAGE . Water . Čant . LAGE OF DUDS . A buck of linen . LAID ON THE SHELF , Or LAID UP IN LAVENDER . Pawned . TO LAMB , or LAMBASTE . To beat . Lamb pye ; a beating : from ...
... drop behind , to keep back . Lag last ; the last of a company . LAGE . Water . Čant . LAGE OF DUDS . A buck of linen . LAID ON THE SHELF , Or LAID UP IN LAVENDER . Pawned . TO LAMB , or LAMBASTE . To beat . Lamb pye ; a beating : from ...
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... drop money , which they pretend to find just before some country lad ; and by way of giving him a share of their good luck , entice him into a public house , where they and their confederates cheat or rob him of what money he has about ...
... drop money , which they pretend to find just before some country lad ; and by way of giving him a share of their good luck , entice him into a public house , where they and their confederates cheat or rob him of what money he has about ...
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