Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... FACE . A red face , full of pimples . CARDINAL . A cloak in fashion about the year 1760 . TO CAROUSE . To drink freely or deep : from the German word expressing all out . CARRIERS . A set of rogues who are employed to look ou and watch ...
... FACE . A red face , full of pimples . CARDINAL . A cloak in fashion about the year 1760 . TO CAROUSE . To drink freely or deep : from the German word expressing all out . CARRIERS . A set of rogues who are employed to look ou and watch ...
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... face with a knife . They are somewhat like those facetious gentlemen some time ago known in England by the title of Sweaters and Mohocks . CHALKING . The amusement above described . D 2 CHAP . CHE CHAP . A fellow . An odd chap ;
... face with a knife . They are somewhat like those facetious gentlemen some time ago known in England by the title of Sweaters and Mohocks . CHALKING . The amusement above described . D 2 CHAP . CHE CHAP . A fellow . An odd chap ;
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... face . Cant . TO CLICK . To snatch . To click a nab ; to snatch a hat . Cant . CLICKER . A salesman's servant ; also , one who proportions out the different shares of the booty among thieves . CLICKET . Copulation of foxes ; and thence ...
... face . Cant . TO CLICK . To snatch . To click a nab ; to snatch a hat . Cant . CLICKER . A salesman's servant ; also , one who proportions out the different shares of the booty among thieves . CLICKET . Copulation of foxes ; and thence ...
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... face . CORPORAL . To mount a corporal and four ; to be guilty of onanism : the thumb is the corporal , the four fingers the privates . CORPORATION . A large belly . He has a glorious corpo- ration ; he has a very prominent belly ...
... face . CORPORAL . To mount a corporal and four ; to be guilty of onanism : the thumb is the corporal , the four fingers the privates . CORPORATION . A large belly . He has a glorious corpo- ration ; he has a very prominent belly ...
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... face . To alter his dial plate ; to dis- figure his face . DICE . The names of false dice : A bale of bard cinque deuces A bale offlat cinque deuces A bale of flat sice aces A bale of bard cater traes A bale of flat cater traes A bale ...
... face . To alter his dial plate ; to dis- figure his face . DICE . The names of false dice : A bale of bard cinque deuces A bale offlat cinque deuces A bale of flat sice aces A bale of bard cater traes A bale of flat cater traes A bale ...
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