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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Pagina
... fire , a furious braggadocio or bully huff . CACKLE . To blab , or discover secrets . The cull is leaky , and cackles ; the rogue tells all . Cant . See LEAKY . CACKLER . A hen . CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost . Cant . CACKLING CHEATS ...
... fire , a furious braggadocio or bully huff . CACKLE . To blab , or discover secrets . The cull is leaky , and cackles ; the rogue tells all . Cant . See LEAKY . CACKLER . A hen . CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost . Cant . CACKLING CHEATS ...
Pagina
... fire . CAT'S SLEEP . Counterfeit sleep : cats often counterfeiting sleep , to decoy their prey near them , and then suddenly spring on them . CAT STICKS . Thin legs , compared to sticks with which boys play at cat . See TRAPSTICKS . CAT ...
... fire . CAT'S SLEEP . Counterfeit sleep : cats often counterfeiting sleep , to decoy their prey near them , and then suddenly spring on them . CAT STICKS . Thin legs , compared to sticks with which boys play at cat . See TRAPSTICKS . CAT ...
Pagina
... fire , and directing the smoke up the nostrils of the sleeper . See HOWELL'S COTGRAVE . CHOCOLATE . To give chocolate without sugar ; to reprove . Military term . CHOICE SPIRIT . A thoughtless , laughing , singing , drun- ken fellow ...
... fire , and directing the smoke up the nostrils of the sleeper . See HOWELL'S COTGRAVE . CHOCOLATE . To give chocolate without sugar ; to reprove . Military term . CHOICE SPIRIT . A thoughtless , laughing , singing , drun- ken fellow ...
Pagina
... fire than the match . COCK YOUR EYE . Shut one eye : thus translated into apo- thecaries Latin .--- Gallus tuus ego . COCKER . One fond of the diversion of cock - fighting . COCKNEY . A nick name given to the citizens of London , or or ...
... fire than the match . COCK YOUR EYE . Shut one eye : thus translated into apo- thecaries Latin .--- Gallus tuus ego . COCKER . One fond of the diversion of cock - fighting . COCKNEY . A nick name given to the citizens of London , or or ...
Pagina
... Fire 2 Bawdy Baskets 3 Morts 4 Autem Morts 榆 MEN . 9 Jarkmen , or Patricoes 10 Fresh Water Mariners , or Whip Jackets 11 Drummerers 12 Drunken Tinkers 13 Swadders , or Pedlars 14 Abrams . WOMEN . 5 Walking Morts 6 Doxies 7 Delles 8 ...
... Fire 2 Bawdy Baskets 3 Morts 4 Autem Morts 榆 MEN . 9 Jarkmen , or Patricoes 10 Fresh Water Mariners , or Whip Jackets 11 Drummerers 12 Drunken Tinkers 13 Swadders , or Pedlars 14 Abrams . WOMEN . 5 Walking Morts 6 Doxies 7 Delles 8 ...
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